NGC1532 and 1531 Galaxies

OBJECT NGC1532 and 1531 in Eridanus
DATE

17 Oct 2011

TELESCOPE OPTICS

508 mm mirror f.4 effective f/4.6 with paracorr2 ccd sony ICX285AL 1360 x 1024px 6.45 x 6.45µm

EXPOSURE binning 1: composite image,1170 seconds
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) ~15
DISTANCE
Millions Light Years
NGC1532 = 44
NGC1531 = 50
AM 0410-325 = 46
MAGNITUDE NGC1532=9.9
NGC1531=12.2
AM 0410-325 = no data
POSITION RA-DEC J2000 NGC1523=RA: 04h12m06.0s DE:-32°51' 60"
NGC1531=RA: 04h12m00.0s DE:-32°50' 60",
AM 0410-325 = RA: 04h12m01.7s DE:-32d51m42s
POSITION ANGLE: 33
DETAILS Small cluster of galaxies, ngc1532 has thick dust lanes in spiral arms, AM 0410-325 (marked with arrow) is a pair of galaxies.

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