Deep Sky Object in Summer
NGC5792 (Galaxy in Libra)


Date & Time: Mar 8 2019, from 27:12 to 28:06 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 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 & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3056×3056)
Device Size...20×20mm, Sensitivity...ISO4000


NGC5792 / Galaxy, type SB(rs)b
R.A.14h 58m 22.9s (2000.0)
Dec.-01°05' 29" (2000.0)
Apparent Size7.2×1.7'
Radial Velocity+1950km/s
Magnitude12.1
Distance83 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 9631, CGCG 20-38
MCG +0-38-12, IRAS 14557-53
PGC 53499
NGC5792 is a medium-scaled barred galaxy lying in the northern edge of Libra, about 9 degrees NNW from beta Lib. The galaxy has a long axis of 7 arc minutes in east-west direction. However, it is hard to recognize a unique shape of elliptical ring surrounding the shell through scopes. The distance to this galaxy has been estimated about 83 million light years.



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