Observation by Mark Fairfax: NGC 3079 Seyfert 2 Spiral Galaxy

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2022 Mar 27 - 01:02

Uploaded

2022 Mar 28 - 18:42

Objects

NGC3079
NGC3073

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 10^h01^m
Dec: +55°39'
Position angle: +78°44'

Field size

0°27' × 0°18'

Equipment

Unistellar eVscope 1 (114mm reflector)

Exposure

33mins

Location

Nottinghamshire UK

Target name

NGC 3079 Seyfert 2 Spiral Galaxy

Title

NGC 3079 Seyfert 2 Spiral Galaxy

About this image

Another Seyfert galaxy with a supermassive black hole at the core, this time NGC 3079 Seyfert 2 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major. Also known as the Phantom Frisbee Galaxy, magnitude +10.8, about 50 million light years away. A prominent feature of this galaxy is the "bubble" forming in the very centre.

Also captured nearby were PGC 28990 and NGC 3073:

PGC 28990 is a spiral galaxy (Sb), magnitude +14.4, some 71 million light years from our solar system.

NGC 3073 is a dwarf lenticular galaxy, magnitude +13.4, appearing as a faint, circular patch of haze. Some 65 million light years from Earth it belongs to the NGC 3079 group.

Files associated with this observation

NGC 3079 BAA-27Mar2022.jpg (1.4 MB)

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