Deep Sky Object in Autumn
UGC2302 (Galaxy in Cetus)


Date & Time: Jan 25 2025, from 20:38 to 21:32 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


UGC2302 / Galaxy, type (R')SB(rs)m:
R.A.02h 49m 08.8s (2000.0)
Dec.+02°07' 36" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.7×3.6'
Radial Velocity+1104km/s
Magnitude14.1
DistanceN/A
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsCGCG 389-24, MCG +0-8-23
DDO 29, PGC 10670
Located 1.8 degrees southeast of γ Ceti, in the head of the constellation Cetus, is the faint spiral galaxy UGC 2302. Its major axis spans just under 5 arcminutes, but with a brightness of 14th magnitude, it is not suitable for visual observation. Although it has a very indistinct spiral structure, detailed features cannot be discerned in this image.



UGC2275, NGC1085
UGC12613
(Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy)

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