Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC2654 (Galaxy in Ursa Major)


Date & Time: Feb 10 2024, from 22:51 to 23:46 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


NGC2654 / Galaxy, type SBab: sp II-III
R.A.08h 49m 11.9s (2000.0)
Dec.+60°13' 16" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.2×1.0'
Radial Velocity+1360km/s
Magnitude12.7
Distance63 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC2768 Group
Other IDsUGC 4605, CGCG 288-6
MCG +10-13-17, PGC 24784
IRAS 8451+6024
NGC2654 is the edge-on galaxy located about 2.4 degrees east of the οUMa in the nose of Ursa Major. It has a spindle-shaped appearance with a length of just over 4 arcminutes and a brightness of 12th magnitude. It belongs to a small galaxy group centered around NGC2768, which is located about 3 degrees east of NGC2654.



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