Observation by Mark Fairfax: NGC 2608 Spiral Galaxy in Cancer

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2022 Mar 28 - 21:23

Uploaded

2022 Mar 29 - 12:10

Objects

NGC2608

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Constellation

Cancer

Field centre

RA: 08^h35^m
Dec: +28°27'
Position angle: +18°15'

Field size

0°25' × 0°17'

Equipment

Unistellar eVscope 1 (114mm reflector)

Exposure

15mins

Location

Nottinghamshire UK

Target name

NGC 2608 Spiral Galaxy in Cancer

Title

NGC 2608 Spiral Galaxy in Cancer

About this image

NGC 2608 (also known as Arp 12) is a barred spiral galaxy, magnitude +13.1, some 93 million light-years away. Now considered to be a pair of interacting galaxies it was classified under "galaxies with split arms" in the 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp, who noted that the "nucleus may be double or superposed star".

[Bortle 5ish with dew shield, no filter & moderate seeing]

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NGC 2608 BAA-28Mar2022.jpg (1.1 MB)

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