Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC131 & NGC134 (Galaxies in Sculptor)


Date & Time: Dec 30 2016, from 19:00 to 19:56 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium UV/IR cut filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 600D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600


NGC131 / Galaxy, type SB(s)b: sp
R.A.00h 29m 38.3s (2000.0)
Dec.-33°15' 36" (2000.0)
Apparent Size1.9×0.6'
Radial Velocity+1419km/s
Magnitude13.1
Distance51 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC134 Group
Other IDsESO 350-21, MCG -6-2-10
IRAS 271-3332, PGC 1813
NGC134 / Galaxy, type SAB(s)bc
R.A.00h 30m 22.2s (2000.0)
Dec.-33°14' 44" (2000.0)
Apparent Size7.6×1.7'
Radial Velocity+1602km/s
Magnitude10.3
Distance59 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC134 Group
Other IDsESO 350-23, MCG -6-2-12
IRAS 278-3331, PGC 1851
NGC134 is a comparatively large-scaled spiral galaxy lying around central region of Sculptor. The galaxy has a long axis of 7.6 arc minutes and a brightness od 10th magnitude. This image can show you a spiral structure with dark lanes. A companion galaxy positioned at about 5 arc minutes west of NGC134 has an ID of NGC131.



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