Deepsky Object in Autumn
NGC185 (Galaxy in Cassiopeia)


Date & Time: Nov 18 2023, from 20:57 to 21:52 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


NGC185 / Galaxy, type E3pec
R.A.00h 38m 57.9s (2000.0)
Dec.+48° 20' 18" (2000.0)
Apparent Size11.8×10.0'
Radial Velocity-251km/s
Magnitude10.1
Distance2.3 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesLocal Group
Other IDsUGC396, MCG8-2-10
CGCG550-9, PGC02329
A dimmed elliptic galaxy positioned between Cassiopeia and Andromeda is NGC185. You can find out the galaxy about 7degrees north from the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The galaxy has a diameter of 10 arc minutes and a visual brightness of 10th magnitude. This elliptic galaxy has no major structures, a figure of NE-SW oval.

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