NGC1232 Galaxy in Eridanus


DATE

29 Oct 2018

TELESCOPE OPTICS

508 mm mirror f.4 . effective f4.6 with paracorr2. ccd Kodak KAF8300 3326 x 2504px 5.4 x 5.4µm

EXPOSURE binning 2: composite image, 10 min
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) 26
LIGHT TRAVEL TIME (Derived Redshift. Millions Light Years) NGC 1232 = 64
NGC1232A = 283
MAGNITUDE NGC1232 = 10.93
NGC 1232A = 15.22
POSITION RA-DEC J2000

NGC1232 = 03:09:45.50 -20:34:46.0
NGC 1232A = 03:10:01.90 -20:36:02.0

POSITION ANGLE: 233
Rotation Velocity km/s ~150
Size (KiloParsecs... kpc) 44.57 (ESO-LV "Quick Blue" IIa-O)
DETAILS NGC1232 is a multi-armed spiral galaxy, while NGC1232A is a barred spiral somewhat more distant but easily mistaken to be a satellite galaxy.

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