NGC 3227/26  -  Arp 94  in wide field


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Object identification (740kB)

Image with 12" Newtonian (f=1120mm)


Object data of NGC3227

Object type: galaxy (SBa)
Size: 5.4' x 3.6'
Magnitude: 11.1 mag
Constellation: Leo
Distance: 66 Mio Ly
   
Notes: NGC 3227 is a spiral galaxy that is interacting with the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 3226. This interacting system is listed as Arp94 in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies and as Holm187 in the Holmberg Catalogue of Double and Multiple Galaxies.

Arp94 is situated 50' east of the bright star Gamma Leonis (Algieba), which dominates the field of view of the above image.

Further galaxies in the above image: NGC 3213, NGC 3222, IC 610

Galaxy clusters: Abell 992, Abell 994


Exposure data

Date: 2011-02-05+07+09+23+25+26+28 + 2011-03-01+04+07+08+11+29+30
Location: Nussbach / Austria (400m)
Telescope: TeleVue NP101 (4" Apo f=540mm)
Camera: EOS1000D (ISO400)
Mount: WAM 650
Exposure time: 324x6m
Exposure time total: 32h 24m
Notes:  

 

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