Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC4123 & NGC4116 (Galaxies in Virgo)


Date & Time: Feb 23 2020, from 25:31 to 26:25 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


NGC4116 / Galaxy, type SB(rs)dm III-IV
R.A.12h 07m 37.2s (2000.0)
Dec.+02° 41' 29" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.8×2.1'
Radial Velocity+1271km/s
Magnitude12.4
Distance55 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesVirgo II - NGC4179 Group
Other IDsUGC 7111, CGCG 41-41
MCG +1-31-22, IRAS 12050+258
PGC 38492
NGC4123 / Galaxy, type SB(r)c II-III
R.A.12h 08m 11.2s (2000.0)
Dec.+02° 52' 41" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.3×3.1'
Radial Velocity+1238km/s
Magnitude12.0
Distance55 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesVirgo II - NGC4179 Group
Other IDsUGC 7116, CGCG 41-42
MCG +1-31-23, IRAS 12056+309
PGC 38531
This image shows you two barred galaxies paralleling with 15 arc minutes in interval, the galaxies are lying about 4 degrees ENE from beta Vir. One in upper left is NGC4123 and another in lower right has a number of NGC4116. Both galaxies have sizes of about 4 arc minutes and brightness of about 12th magnitude. The galaxies are members of a small scaled galaxy group lying about 55 millions light years away.



NGC4065 Group
NGC4178

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