Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC4125 (Galaxy in Draco)


Date & Time: Apr 8 2022, from 26:07 to 27:13 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


NGC4125 / Galaxy, type E6 pec
R.A.12h 08m 7.1s (2000.0)
Dec.+65° 10' 22" (2000.0)
Apparent Size5.7×3.2'
Radial Velocity1434km/s
Magnitude10.7
Distance80 million light yrs.
Froup of GalaxiesNGC4125 Group
Other IDsUGC7118, MCG11-15-27
CGCG315-19, PGC38524
An elliptic galaxy at the tip of Dragon's tail is NGC4125. You can find out the galaxy by tracing about 8 degrees northeast from alpha UMa, equivalent to the tip of the Big Dipper. NGC4125 has a long axis of 6 arc minutes, and can be detected a dimmed central nucleus through medium-sized telescopes.



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