| Date & Time: | Nov 3 2016, from 24:10 to 25:25 JST(+0900) |
| Composed 10 shots with 8 minutes exposed |
| Optical: | Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3) |
| with BaaderPlanetarium UV/IR cut filter |
| Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT |
| Digital Camera: | Canon EOS 600D (Remodeled) |
| Location: | Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref. |
| NGC864 / Galaxy, type SAB(rs)c |
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| R.A. | 02h 15m 27.4s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +06°00' 05" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 4.7×3.5' |
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| Radial Velocity | +1550km/s |
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| Magnitude | 11.4 |
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| Distance | 65 million light yrs.A |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC864 Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC 1736, CGCG 413-66
MCG +1-6-61, IRAS 2128+546
PGC 8631 |
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In northeast region of the Cetus, NGC864 can be found out around the midway between xi2 Cet in head of the Whale and alpha Psc.
The galaxy is a typical face-on spiral with a long axis of a bit smaller than 5 arc minutes, elongated in north-south direction.
With some dimmed galaxies, NGC864 configures a small-scaled galaxy group.
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