Observation by Adam Rawlinson: Galaxy NGC3079

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Adam Rawlinson

Observer

Adam Rawlinson

Observed

2023 Jan 19 - 23:30

Uploaded

2023 Jan 20 - 22:11

Objects

NGC3079

Equipment

Primaluce Airy 102 APO
SX Trius 694 Colour
Skywatcher EQ6 - pier mounted

Exposure

5000sec

Location

Sandhurst Kent UK

Target name

NGC3079 - Galaxy

Title

Galaxy NGC3079

About this image

What a lovely sight! Not imaged nor even looked at this galaxy before. There's a lot going on in this Seyfert galaxy including a supermassive black hole and huge central heated gas mass.

Sited in Ursa Major distance of some 15Mpc

A barred spiral.

Some other small fuzzies in same field of view. NGC3073 (discovered by Herschell) is one of them and the're all part of the same group.

Files associated with this observation

NGC 3079, 2023-01-19, 20x250L, Primaluce Meade LX200 on AzEQ 6, sxASCOM driver Copyright (c) Dad Dog Development Ltd-ICX674AQG_average_stacked.jpg (323.3 kB)

Like this image

Alan Thomas, Jonathon Elliott

Comments

David Strange, 2023 Jan 20 - 23:49 UTC

You've got the Twin Quasar there too!

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