Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC4710 (Galaxy in Coma Berenices)


Date & Time: Feb 25 2023, from 24:38 to 25:35 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 8 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression 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


NGC4710 / Galaxy, type SA(r)0+? sp
R.A.12h 49m 39.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+15° 09' 55" (2000.0)
Apparent Size5.6×1.3'
Radial Velocity+1119km/s
Magnitude11.9
Distance52 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesVirgo Cluster
Other IDsGC 7980, CGCG 100-11
MCG +3-33-9, IRAS 12471+1526
PGC 43375
A lenticular galaxy in northeast edge of the Virgo Cluster is NGC4710. The galaxy has a long axis of 5.6 arc minutes and 12th magnitude in brightness. It's not so striking one but has a typical edge-on figure; you can see a well-proportioned spindle shape through telescope-aided eyes. This picture has captured irregular-shaped but dimmed dark lanes around the central bulge.



NGC4697,NGC4699
NGC4731

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