Observation by Nick Hewitt: Hickson 61 "The Box"

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Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2017 Jan 26 - 09:00

Uploaded

2017 Jan 26 - 09:36

Objects

NGC4169

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h12^m
Dec: +29°10'
Position angle: +91°08'

Field size

0°54' × 0°36'

Equipment

iTelescope 11
Planewave CDK 510mm f4.5

Exposure

2 x 300s Bin2

Location

New Mexico

Target name

NGCs 4169,4170, 4174 , & 4175 in Coma Berenices

Title

Hickson 61 "The Box"

About this image

One of the "easy" half dozen of the 100 Hickson Galaxy Groups with bright enough galaxies, high up in Spring and an attractive grouping too. The brightest, NGC4169 is an SOa at magnitude 13.2b . I'll have a bash from home when skies clear.

Files associated with this observation

Hickson 61 The Box-T11-NGC4169-20170125-0900 -Luminance-2 x 300s bin2 copy.jpg (815.9 kB)

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