Observation by Alan Thomas: M108 The Surfboard Galaxy in Ursa Major

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2022 Feb 11 - 03:57

Uploaded

2022 Feb 18 - 15:17

Objects

M108

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h11^m
Dec: +55°41'
Position angle: +89°48'

Field size

0°17' × 0°11'

Equipment

Unistellar eQuinox 112mm reflector

Exposure

20min.

Location

Norbreck Observatory, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.

Target name

M108 The Surfboard Galaxy, a barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major.

Title

M108 The Surfboard Galaxy in Ursa Major

About this image

This barred spiral galaxy, discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, is inclined 75 degrees to our line of sight and so appears almost edge-on..

Distance c.46million ly and receding at 699 km/s - which means that an hour from now it will be a further 2.5million km away from us.

Diameter c.110,000 ly. Apparent magnitude 10.7.

Files associated with this observation

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