Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC488 (Galaxy in Pisces)


Date & Time: Nov 22 2014, from 20:11 to 21:07 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with a conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 600D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
Sensitivity...ISO3200


NGC488 / Galaxy, type SA(r)b
R.A.01h 21m 46.8s (2000.0)
Dec.+05°15' 25" (2000.0)
Apparent Size6.6×5.3'
Radial Velocity+2233km/s
Magnitude10.2
Distance90 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 907, CGCG 411-33
MCG +1-4-33, IRAS 1191+459
PGC 4946
NGC488 is a spiral galaxy lying around the southern region of Pisces. We can find out it at about 2 degrees southwest of mu Psc. The galaxy has a medium-scaled size of a bit larger than 6 arc minutes in diameter. Although the galaxy looks like an elliptic, but as this image can show you, has a dimmed spiral structures with some arms wound tightly. The distance is about 90 million light years.



NGC474, NGC470(Arp227)
NGC507 Group

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