Deep Sky Object in Spring
UGCA150 (Galaxy in Hydra)


Date & Time: Jan 20 2023, from 25:49 to 26:43 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


UGCA150 / Galaxy, type SAB(rs)b: sp
R.A.09h 10m 49.3s (2000.0)
Dec.-08°53' 30" (2000.0)
Apparent Size5.0×1.0'
Radial Velocity+1834km/s
Magnitude11.9
Distance98 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsMCG -1-24-1, PGC 25886
It is an edge-on galaxy located 4.1 degrees west of alpha Hydrae, Alphard. The galaxy has a brightness of about 12 mag and a major axis of 5 arc minutes, but it has not been registered in the NGC catalog. The galaxy has a somewhat distorted shape, and you can see the presence of a dark lane running through the central bulge.



Arp 248
UGCA168

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