Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC5963 & NGC5965 (Galaxies in Draco)


Date & Time: Mar 5 2022, from 27:39 to 28:45 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 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 & 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


NGC5963 / Galaxy, type S pec
R.A.15h 33m 28.2s (2000.0)
Dec.+56°33' 35" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.3×2.5'
Radial Velocity+770km/s
Magnitude13.1
Distance36 million loght yrs.
Group of GalaxiesN/A
Other IDsUGC 9906, CGCG 297-15
MCG +9-25-58, IRAS 15322+5643
PGC 55419
NGC5965 / Galaxy, type Sb
R.A.15h 34m 02.2s (2000.0)
Dec.+56°41' 08" (2000.0)
Apparent Size5.2×0.7'
Radial Velocity+3420km/s
Magnitude12.6
Distance149 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesN/A
Other IDsUGC 9914, CGCG 297-16
MCG +10-22-20, IRAS 15328+5651
PGC 55459
This image shows you two paralleled galaxies with an interval of about 10 arc minutes positioned at 2.6 degrees southeast of ι Dra, around the center of the constellation. NGC5963 at lower right-hand side has been classified as a peculiar spiral; you can recognize that the brightness of bulge and arms are very different. NGC5965 at upper left-hand side is a 5 arc minutes-long edge-on galaxy; this image shows you a central dark lane crossing. They are positioned in single flame by chance, actually NGC5965 locates over four times farther than NGC5963.



NGC5907
Around NGC5982

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