[back] NGC 470 and NGC 474 (Arp 227) with NGC 467 in Piscis [NED]

Higher resolved image / Höher aufgelöstes Bild  (4790 x 3414 Pixel) 

NGC 474 (left): Type S0, distance: 31Mpc/100MLy NGC 470 (right): Type Sb, distance: 31Mpc/100MLy

 

300"

 

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About this Image / Über dieses Bild

CCD:

Omegon veTEC410c

Image Type, Orientation:

RGB Composite. North is at 12:00.

Exposure time:

134x300 sec. 1x1 bin (11:10h total)

Exposure date:

October 10th,11th,25th...27th 2024

Location:

Skinakas Observatory at Crete, Greece, remote-controlled from Bad Arolsen/Germany

Filter:

RGB: Internal Bayer-Matrix

Instrument:

Ganymed 60cm-Hypergraph in primary focus (f=1815.9 mm)

Photographer:

Josef Pöpsel, Stefan Binnewies, Frank Sackenheim

   

Remarks:

NGC 474 is a post-merger galaxy, right to it the largely undisturbed NGC 470. At the bottom right is another post-merger galaxy, NGC 467 and  to the left of it, the brightest star in the field of view is the fast-moving HD 7991 with 7.5 mag.

   

Bemerkungen:

NGC 474 ist eine Post-Merger-Galaxie, rechts daneben die weitgehend ungestörte NGC 470. Unten rechts steht mit NGC 467 eine weitere Post-Merger-Galaxie, links daneben als hellster Stern im Bildfeld der Schnellläufer HD 7991 mit 7,5mag.

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