Observation by Alan Thomas: NGC 1924 Spiral Galaxy in Orion

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2025 Jan 10 - 00:36

Uploaded

2025 Jan 10 - 14:17

Objects

NGC1924

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h28^m
Dec: -05°18'
Position angle: -5°18'

Field size

0°19' × 0°19'

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

NGC 1924 Spiral Galaxy in Orion

Title

NGC 1924 Spiral Galaxy in Orion

About this image

This face-on barred spiral galaxy is the Deep Sky Section's January 'Object of Interest'. It was discovered by William Herschel in October 1785. It lies a few degrees of west of M42 in Orion. A quite difficult object, Dreyer described it as "very faint, pretty large, irregularly round."

This COAST image shows a diffuse disk with some slight signs of structure and a bright nucleus. The two bright stars are both mag. 8.0.

Apparent mag. 13.24. Distance c.143million ly. Size: about half that of the Milky Way.

Files associated with this observation

NGC1924 COAST v3image-jpeg-i.jpeg (356.0 kB)

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