Observation by Alan Thomas: Abell 1314 Galaxy Cluster in Ursa Major

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2023 Feb 28 - 04:49

Uploaded

2023 Feb 28 - 15:54

Objects

IC708
IC709
IC711
IC712

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h35^m
Dec: +49°06'
Position angle: -0°25'

Field size

0°32' × 0°22'

Equipment

42cm CDK17 corrected Dall-Kirkham f/6.8
FLI ProLine KAF-09000 camera
10Micron GM4000 mount

Exposure

3min.

Location

Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Target name

Abell 1314 Galaxy Cluster in Ursa Major

Title

Abell 1314 Galaxy Cluster in Ursa Major

About this image

This galaxy cluster is the Deep Sky Section's February 'Object of Interest'. It consists of:

IC708 elliptical galaxy, apparent mag 13.0, distance c.435million ly, diameter c.210,000ly.

IC709 elliptical galaxy, apparent mag 13.9, distance c.435million ly, diameter c.100,000ly.

IC711 elliptical galaxy, apparent mag 14.0.

IC712 elliptical galaxy, apparent mag 11.0.

A number of other galaxies are also visible in this COAST image.

Files associated with this observation

Abell 1314 COAST v3image-jpeg-i (2).jpg (339.6 kB)

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Richard Sargent, Dr Paul Leyland, Callum Potter, David Basey

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