Observation by David Strange: The Integral Sign Galaxy - UGC 3697

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David Strange

Observer

David Strange

Observed

2023 Nov 18 - 23:45

Uploaded

2023 Nov 19 - 13:27

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Constellation

Camelopardalis

Field centre

RA: 07^h11^m
Dec: +71°52'
Position angle: -8°55'

Field size

0°16' × 0°16'

Equipment

Celestron 9
ASI533MC
ASIair Pro

Exposure

8 x 120s

Location

Salcombe Regis, East Devon

Target name

UGC3697

Title

The Integral Sign Galaxy - UGC 3697

About this image

This is a remarkable edge-on spiral with warped arms located approximately 151 million light-years away in Camelopardalis. The warping is probably due to an interaction with a dwarf galaxy UGC 3714 which is a round spiral which lies just out of the field of view. HD52762 is a magnitude 7 orange star at top right in th eimage.

Files associated with this observation

UGC3697_20231118_dgs3.jpg (602.1 kB)

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Ian Jarrett, Hugh Allen, Callum Potter, Dominic Ford, Mark Phillips, Martina McGovern

Comments

Martina McGovern, 2023 Dec 03 - 19:06 UTC

Thank you for sharing this one David - it's lovely and it is now on my "to do list" when the weather improves (Fingers crossed).

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