Deep Sky Object in Summer
Around NGC6269 (Galaxies in Hercules)


Date & Time: Aug 11 2024, from 23:01 to 23:55 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 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


NGC6269 / Galaxy, type E
R.A.16h 57m 58.1s (2000.0)
Dec.+27°51' 15" (2000.0)
Apparent Size2.3×1.6'
Radial VelocityN/A
Magnitude12.2
Distance473 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 10629, CGCG 169-19
MCG +5-40-12, PGC 59332
This image captures a small galaxy group lurking in the central part of the constellation Hercules, located about 4.8 degrees south of the ε Herculis. The most prominent object in the image is NGC 6269, an elliptical galaxy with a diameter slightly over 2 arc minutes and a brightness of 12th magnitude. Its distance is estimated to be around 470 million light-years, and scattered around it are numerous compact member galaxies.
(4 digits in image indicate NGC #)



NGC6240
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