Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC428 (Galaxy in Cetus)


Date & Time: Dec 28 2019, from 20:31 to 21:16 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 shots with 4 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


NGC428 / Galaxy, type SAB(s)m III-IV
R.A.01h 12m 55.7s (2000.0)
Dec.+00°58' 53" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.1×3.1'
Radial Velocity+1045km/s
Magnitude11.9
Distance48 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 763, CGCG 385-28
MCG +0-4-36, IRAS 1103+43
PGC 4367
NGC428 is a galaxy lying at north of the body of Cetus, near a boundary on Pisces. The galaxy is minor scaled one with size of brightness of 4 arc minutes and 12th magnitude respectively; this image can somehow detect an incomplete S-shaped wound arms structure. More, the galaxy has an indistinct arm like structure stretched in west direction.



NGC410 & Abell 156
NGC474, NGC470 (Arp 227)

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