Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC3068 (Galaxy in Leo)


Date & Time: Dec 14 2018, from 28:09 to 29:05 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 shots with 5 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: 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


NGC3068 / Galaxy, type S0-: pec
R.A.09h 58m 40.1s (2000.0)
Dec.+28° 52' 39" (2000.0)
Apparent Size1.2×0.9'
Radial Velocity+6322km/s
Magnitude15.1
DistanceN/A
Group of GalaxiesN/A
Other IDsUGC 5353, CGCG 153-6
Arp 174, MCG +5-24-6
PGC 28815
NGC3068 is a deep sky object bathed around the head of Leo. The galaxy has an apparent brightness of about 15th magnitude and a size of about an arc minutes. The galaxy has an indistinct tail-like structure stretched in south. It is considered that the structure was formed due to the gravitational interaction with companeon galaxies.



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