Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC3044 (Galaxy in Sextans)


Date & Time: Mar 8 2019, from 22:48 to 23:44 JST(+0900)
Composed 9 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 & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3056×3056)
Device Size...20×20mm, Sensitivity...ISO4000


NGC3044 / Galaxy, type SB(s)c? sp
R.A.09h 53m 40.5s (2000.0)
Dec.+01°34' 45" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.9×0.7'
Radial Velocity+1344km/s
Magnitude12.5
Distance50.8 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 5311, CGCG 7-56
MCG +0-25-31, IRAS 9511+148
PGC 28517
NGC3044 is a medium-scaled edge-on galaxy positioned at about 4.5 degrees northwest of alpha Sextantis. Although the galaxy has a long axis of 5 arc minutes, amateur-oriented telescopes can hardly resolve the detailed structures. Central bulge of the galaxy is unclear; this image can barely show you that a dimmed gaseous matter is stretching in west side. It's estimated that the galaxy is approximately 50 million light years away.



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