Observation by Alan Thomas: NGC6710 Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2024 Aug 11 - 03:17

Uploaded

2024 Aug 27 - 16:27

Objects

NGC6710

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

NGC6710 Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra

Title

NGC6710 Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra

About this image

This faint lenticular galaxy is almost lost in a blizzard of foreground stars in this COAST image. It was discovered in August 1864 by Albert Marth during his work in Malta cataloguing nebulae.

Apparent magnitude 13.0. Diameter c.142,000 ly. Distance c.211million ly.

Files associated with this observation

NGC6710 COAST v3image-jpeg-i.jpeg (960.5 kB)

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