Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC2782 (Arp 215, Galaxy in Lynx)


Date & Time: Dec 27 2019, from 23:20 to 24:15 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow 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


NGC2782 / Galaxy, type SAB(rs)a pec
R.A.09h 14m 08.6s (2000.0)
Dec.+40°06' 49" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.8×2.5'
Radial Velocity+2532km/s
Magnitude12.3
Distance76 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 4862, CGCG 209-31
Arp 215, MCG +7-19-36
IRAS 9108+4019, PGC 26034
NGC2782 is a warped spiral galaxy located in southern Lynx. The galaxy has unsymmetrical shape with a greatly distorted arm stretched in east; a span in east west direction reaches as a bit smaller than 5 arc minutes. The body of galaxy seems strongly concentrated and incomplete spiral structures. The distance has been estimated as 760 million light years. A compact edge-on at 12 arc minute-ESE is UGC4872.



NGC2742, NGC2768
NGC2787

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