Observation by Adam Rawlinson: NGC3521

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Adam Rawlinson

Observer

Adam Rawlinson

Observed

2023 May 07 - 21:30

Uploaded

2023 May 08 - 10:38

Objects

NGC3521

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Constellation

Leo

Field centre

RA: 11^h05^m
Dec: +00°02'
Position angle: +126°09'

Field size

1°11' × 0°57'

Equipment

SX Trius 694 Colour
SX Trius 694 Colour
Primaluce Airy 102 APO

Exposure

2500sec (5 x 500subs)

Location

Sandhurst Kent UK

Target name

NGC3521

Title

NGC3521

About this image

Have never imaged this before. I think its a lovely example of a spiral barred galaxy

Its called the Bubble Galaxy in some sources. It is quite local, 10.7Mpc

There are a couple of faint fuzzies just to the right hand side of the galaxy in this image. Hopefully the astrometry will pick them up

Files associated with this observation

NGC3521_2500s_20230507.jpg (1.4 MB)

Like this image

Dr Paul Leyland

Comments

Dr Paul Leyland, 2023 May 09 - 12:45 UTC

The astrometry failed in that regard.

I don't see any fuzzies to the right of the galaxy but to the left are 2MASX j11053525-0009467 and Z 10-71. Both are 16th magnitude low surface brightess (G_LSB) galaxies. They are both spirals: morphology types S and SBc respectively.

https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/ with the SIMBAD overlay identifies them easily

Adam Rawlinson, 2023 May 09 - 21:10 UTC

Thanks Paul

Ha, yes I did mean the left - silly me. Brain fog.!

That said on inspection there is in fact a tiny fuzzy 2dFGRS TGN368Z208 just about visible in my image to the RIGHT of HD 96363 at mag17.2 @ z = 0.0311200. Thats circa 131Mpc and really pushing the limit of my humble kit.

Although those two you identified are slightly brighter but even higher redshift!

Makes me want to do a long time deep field exposure to see how far i can get.

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