Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC5018, NGC5022 (Galaxies in Virgo)


Date & Time: Mar 8 2024, from 26:52 to 27:28 JST(+0900)
Composed 7 shots with 6 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


NGC5018 / Galaxy, type E3:
R.A.13h 13m 1.0s (2000.0)
Dec.-19° 31' 12" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.3×2.5'
Radial Velocity+2794km/s
Magnitude11.6
Distance132 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesN/A
Other IDsUGCA 335, ESO 576-10
MCG -3-34-17, IRAS 13103-1915
PGC 45908
NGC5022 / Galaxy, type SBb pec sp
R.A.13h 13m 31.1s (2000.0)
Dec.-19° 32' 53" (2000.0)
Apparent Size2.4×0.4'
Radial VelocityN/A
Magnitude13.7
Distance160 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesN/A
Other IDsESO 576-14, MCG -3-34-21
IRAS 13108-1917, PGC 45953
PGC 45952
In southern region of Virgo, this image shows you two small galaxies about 9 degrees south from Spica. A western (right in image) galaxy NGC5018 looks like an elliptical with a size of 3 arc minutes, but the galaxy has been classified in bared galaxy. And an eastern NGC5022 is an edge-on with a length of about 2.4 arc minutes, fairly difficult to detect with your own eyes through telescopes because of its dimmed brightness of 13th magnitude or so. Additionally, you can detect an indistinct galaxy NGC5006 at the upper right-hand side of the image.



Around NGC4958
NGC5044 Group

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