Observation by Alan Thomas: M61 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Virgo

Uploaded by

Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2024 May 10 - 22:12

Uploaded

2024 May 12 - 18:18

Objects

M61
NGC4292

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 12^h21^m
Dec: +04°28'
Position angle: -0°55'

Field size

0°28' × 0°28'

Equipment

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

Exposure

3min.

Location

Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Target name

M61 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Virgo

Title

M61 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Virgo

About this image

This barred spiral galaxy was discovered by the Italian astronomer Barnaba Oriani on May 5, 1779. Messier observed it on the same night but mistook it for a comet.

Diameter c.100,000 ly. Distance c.52million ly. Apparent mag. 10.18.

This Coast image shows it in company with NGC4301 (left), a mag. 13.0 barred spiral galaxy, and NGC4292, a mag.12.0 lenticular galaxy. The former was discovered by Bindon Stoney in April 1851, the latter by John Herschel in April 1828.

Files associated with this observation

M61 COAST v3image-jpeg-i.jpeg (634.0 kB)

Like this image

Mr Simon Francis Dawes, Simon Paul Davis, Dr Paul Leyland, Callum Potter, Mike Foulkes

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.