Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC584, NGC596 (Galaxies in Cetus)


Date & Time: Dec 28 2013, from 22:19 to 23:03 JST(+0900)
Composed 7 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 600D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

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


NGC584 / Galaxy, type E4 (SAB?0-)
R.A.01h 31m 20.5s (2000.0)
Dec.-06°52' 07" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.1×2.2'
Radial Velocity+1864km/s
Magnitude11.4
Distance70 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC584 Group
Other IDsIC 1712, MCG -1-4-60
PGC 5663
NGC596 / Galaxy, type E+ pec:(SAB(s?)0- pec)
R.A.01h 32m 52.0s (2000.0)
Dec.-07°01’52" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.2×2.0'
Radial Velocity+1890km/s
Magnitude11.8
Distance62.3 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC584 Group
Other IDsMCG -1-5-5, PGC 5766
This image shows you two elliptical galaxies positioned at 2.5 degrees northeast of theta Ceti, west (right hand side) and est (right hand side) ones are NGC584 and NGC596, respectively. Both have long axis of 3 or 4 arc minutes and brightness of about 11th or 12th magnitude. A compact galaxy just east of NGC584 has a number of NGC586.



NGC578
NGC600, NGC615

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