| Date & Time: | Mar 9 2013, from 21:50 to 22:41 JST(+0900) |
| Composed 6 shots with 10 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 600D (Remodeled) |
| Location: | Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref. |
| NGC3938 / Galaxy, type SA(s)c I |
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| R.A. | 11h 52m 49.4s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +44°07' 13" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 5.4×4.5' |
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| Radial Velocity | +771km/s |
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| Magnitude | 10.9 |
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| Distance | 55 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | Southern UMa Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC 6856, CGCG 214-34
CGCG 215-2, MCG +7-25-1
IRAS 11502+4423, PGC 37229 |
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This image shows you a well-proportioned face on galaxy lying at 4 degrees southeast of chi UMa.
The galaxy has an apparent diameter and brightness of a bit larger than 5 arc minutes and about 11th magnitude, respectively.
You can detect that the clear outer arms of galaxy include some H-alpha regions.
NGC3938 belongs to the southern UMa galaxy group, about 50 millions light years away.
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