Observation by Dean Ashton: NGC5529

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Dean Ashton

Observer

Dean Ashton

Observed

2019 May 11 - 21:30

Uploaded

2019 May 12 - 19:46

Objects

NGC5529

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Constellation

Bootes

Field centre

RA: 14h15m
Dec: +36°13'
Position angle: -5°28'

Field size

0°25' × 0°19'

Equipment
  • Celestron 235mm EdgeHD
  • Celestron CGEM
  • Nightscape 10100 OSC CCD
  • Off axis guiding with Loadstar X2 guide camera
Exposure

18x600-seconds at /f10

Location

St Austell, Cornwall UK

Target name

NGC5529

Title

NGC5529

About this image

NGC5529 is an edge-on galaxy in Bootes.

NGC5529 is around 140-million light years away and appears as only 6-arc-minutes across.

The image was taken on 11th May 2019.  Ambient temperature 10.4C.; humidity 76%; pressure 1011pa.  Seeing was reported at 1.6 arc-seconds by Meteoblue; the moon was at 49% phase.

Off-axis guiding was carried out using magnitude 14.08 GSC 2552.846

18x600s images were captured with the camera TEC set at -10C.  

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