Observation by Dr Paul Leyland: NGC 2881

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Dr Paul Leyland

Observer

Dr Paul Leyland

Observed

2023 Mar 16 - 00:15

Uploaded

2024 Jun 30 - 13:56

Objects

Arp 275
NGC2881

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Constellation

Hydra

Field centre

RA: 09^h25^m
Dec: -11°59'
Position angle: +0°04'

Field size

0°08' × 0°08'

Equipment

0.4m Dilworth Relay
SX 814 CCD camera
No filter

Exposure

5940s in 99 subs

Location

Tacande Observatory, MPC J22

Target name

NGC 2281, aka Arp 275

Title

NGC 2881

About this image

NGC 2881 is a rather an odd-ball galaxy, or rather, pair of interacting galaxies. It is fairly small (1.2 arcmin major axis; image scale here is 0.6 arcsec/pixel) and 13th magnitude. One component, to the south east of the pair, is a loose spiral with one arm much brighter and shorter than the other which appears to be wrapped around an irregular galaxy. The spectrum shows emission lines, which is also rather unusual. The red shift is 0.017012, corresponding to a distance of around 75 Mpc.

Files associated with this observation

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