Deep Sky Object in Winter
NGC2217 (Galaxy in Canis Major)



Date & Time: Dec 18 2015, from 25:22 to 26:06 JST(+0900)
Composed 5 shots with 10 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with a conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium UV/IR cut filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Eqatorial & 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



NGC2217 / Galaxy, type (R)SB(rs)0+
R.A.06h 21m 39.6s (2000.0)
Dec.-27°14' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.5×4.5'
Radial Velocity+1609km/s
Magnitude11.7
Distance65 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC2217 Group
Other IDsESO 489-42, MCG -5-15-10
IRAS 6196-2712, PGC 18883
In southwest region of Canis Major, a face-on barred galaxy of NGC2217 can be found out at 3 degrees north of zeta CMa. The galaxy has a round shape with a diameter of a bit smaller than 5 arc minutes. This image shows that the barred structures stretched from the central bulge, and the outer arm has wound almost whole circumference, looks like a ring structure. The galaxy is lying about 65 million light years away, forming a small-scaled group with surrounding tiny member galaxies.




NGC2207, IC2163

NGC2276, NGC2300


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