Observation by Paul Whitmarsh: The area around NGC3718

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Paul Whitmarsh

Observer

Paul Whitmarsh

Observed

2017 Apr 04 - 23:50

Uploaded

2022 Apr 28 - 08:41

Objects

NGC3718
NGC3729
Arp 322

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h33^m
Dec: +53°03'
Position angle: -3°57'

Field size

0°21' × 0°16'

Equipment

Starlight Xpress H694
10" f8 RCT

Exposure

600s subs with a total exposure time of 11 hours and 20 minutes

Location

Mileaway Observatory, Uckfield

Target name

NGC3718, NGC3729 and Hickson 56

Title

The area around NGC3718

About this image

NGC3718, NGC3729 and Hickson 56
NGC3729 is the smaller companion of the LINER galaxy NGC3718. NGC3718 was included in Halton C. Arp's Altas of Peculier Galaxies as Arp 214.
Below NGC3718 there is a cluster of five distant galaxies catalogued as Arp 322 and by Paul Hickson as Hickson 56

The image has a total exposure time of 11 hours and 20 minutes taken across several nights during March - April 2017

Files associated with this observation

NGC3718-L_Sigma3_20-04-17_T.png (1.6 MB)

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