Observation by Alan Thomas: Four Galaxies in Canes Venatici

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2024 Jun 13 - 21:49

Uploaded

2024 Jul 08 - 16:47

Objects

NGC5312
NGC5318
NGC5319
NGC5321

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h50^m
Dec: +33°46'
Position angle: -0°50'

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

Four Galaxies in Canes Venatici

Title

Four Galaxies in Canes Venatici

About this image

The four galaxies consist of:

NGC 5312 lenticular galaxy, mag. 13.9, discovered on May 2 1785 by William Herschel.

NGC 5318 lenticular galaxy, mag. 12.9, discovered with 5312 on May 2 1785 by William Herschel.

NGC 5319 spiral galaxy, mag. 15.5, discovered in March 1856 by R. J. Mitchell.

NGC 5321 lenticular galaxy, mag. 14.0, discovered in April 1827 by John Herschel.

A number of other faint, unidentified (by me) galaxies are also visible in this image, obtained using the COAST in Tenerife.

Files associated with this observation

NGC 5318 COAST v3image-jpeg-i labels.jpg (128.5 kB)

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