Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC772 (Galaxy in Aries)


Date & Time: Feb 6 2021, from 20:15 to 21:21 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


NGC772 / Galaxy, type SA(s)b
R.A.01h 59m 20.3s (2000.0)
Dec.+19° 00' 22" (2000.0)
Apparent Size7.3×4.3'
Radial VelocityN/A
Magnitude11.0
DistanceN/A
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC1466, MCG3-6-11
CGCG461-18, PGC07525
ARP78
NGC772 is a small spiral galaxy just 2 degrees southeast of beta Aries. The galaxy has a brightness of 11th magnitude and a long axis of 7 arc minutes or so. You can see dimmed elliptic light by using of telescopes about 20cm (8 inches) in aperture. This image shows you two arms stretched and west one is fairly opened, it can be seen that the galaxy looks asymmetry.



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