Deep Sky Object in Spring
Superthin Galaxy (UGC9242 in Bootes)


Date & Time: May 4 2019, from 22:14 to 23:09 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 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: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3056×3056)
Device Size...20×20mm, Sensitivity...ISO4000


UGC9242 / Galaxy, typeSd
R.A.14h 25m 20.9s (2000.0)
Dec.+39° 32' 22" (2000.0)
Apparent Size5.0×0.4'
Radial Velocity+1423km/s
Magnitude14.1
DistanceN/A
Group of GalaxiesN/A
Other IDsCGCG 220-15, MCG +7-30-11
PGC 51503
This image shows you a small sized edge-on galaxy in 2 degrees northwest of gamma Boo. The galaxy has a brightness of only 14th magnitude or so, but fairly famous one because of its characteristic figure of extraordinary thin and long appearance as "Superthin Galaxy". The galaxy has a length of 5 arc minutes but only 0.4 arc minutes in thickness. We can hardly detect its central bulge, very unique one in edge-on galaxies in all spheres.



UGC7698
Ursa Minor Dwarf

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