NGC5078 Galaxy

OBJECT NGC5078 in Hydra
DATE

12 Mar 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, 540 seconds
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) ~15
DISTANCE
(Millions Light Years)		 NGC5078 = 110
IC879 = 119
2MASX J13194927-2726352 = 1050
MAGNITUDE NGC5078 =
IC879 = 13.98
2MASX J13194927-2726352 = 15.7
POSITION RA-DEC J2000

NGC5078 = RA: 13h19m50.0s DE: -27d24m37s
IC879 = RA: 13h19m40.6s DE: -27d25m44s
2MASX J13194927-2726352 = RA: 13h19m49.3s DE: -27d26m35s

POSITION ANGLE: 148
DETAILS NGC5078 is an almost edge-on spiral. It has a companion in IC879. There are some distant galxies in this image but the only one with associated data is 2MASX J13194927-2726352.

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