NGC5850 Galaxy

OBJECT NGC5850 in Virgo
DATE

13 Jun 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, 1650 seconds
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) ~14
DISTANCE
(Millions Light Years)		 NGC5850 = 85
SDSS J150644.31+013306.1 = no data
SDSS J150658.12+013400.0 = 3500
SDSS J150655.87+013554.3 = 1416
2MASX J15070135+0136044 = 1484
MAGNITUDE NGC5850 = 10.8
SDSS J150644.31+013306.1 = 19
SDSS J150658.12+013400.0 = 20.1
SDSS J150655.87+013554.3 = 18.4
2MASX J15070135+0136044 = 17.8
POSITION RA-DEC J2000

NGC5850 = RA: 15h07m06.0s DE:+01°33'00"
SDSS J150644.31+013306.1 = RA: 15h06m44.3s DE: +01d33m06s
SDSS J150658.12+013400.0 = RA: 15h06m58.1s DE: +01d34m00s
SDSS J150655.87+013554.3 = RA: 15h06m55.9s DE: +01d35m54s
2MASX J15070135+0136044 = RA: 15h07m01.4s DE: +01d36m05s
POSITION ANGLE: NGC5850 = 140
DETAILS NGC5850 is a finely structured barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo cluster while the arrowed galaxies are much further away. One of them, SDSS J150658.12+013400.0 is classed as a quasar some 3.4 billion light years distant.

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