Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC4096 (Galaxy in Ursa Major)


Date & Time: Jan 9 2021, from 25:42 to 27:19 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 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


NGC4096 / Galaxy, type SAB(rs)c II-III
R.A.12h 06m 01.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+47°28' 31" (2000.0)
Apparent Size7.4×1.7'
Radial Velocity+492km/s
Magnitude11.5
Distance25 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesCanes II Group
Other IDsUGC 7090, CGCG 243-43
MCG +8-22-67, PGC 38361
NGC4096 is a medium-scaled spiral galaxy lying at 3.4 degrees east of chi UMa. We can appreciate a lump of elliptical light through telescopes because the galaxy has a comparatively bright with 11th magnitude and a north-south length of over 7 arc minutes. This image shows you that the galaxy has an asymmetric shape with its central bulge positioned at a bit northern side. The galaxy is belonging to a galaxy group distributed in the Canes Venatici, lying at 25 million light years away.



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