NGC1566 Galaxy in Dorado


DATE 13 Oct 2016
TELESCOPE OPTICS 508 mm mirror f.4 ccd Kodak KAF8300 3326 x 2504px 5.4 x 5.4µm
EXPOSURE binning 2: composite image, 26 minutes
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) 29
LIGHT TRAVEL TIME (Derived Redshift. Millions Light Years) 66
MAGNITUDE 10.33
POSITION RA-DEC J2000 04:20:00.40 -54:56:16.0
POSITION ANGLE: 261
Rotation Velocity km/s ~100
Size (Light Years) 121,500 (ESO-Uppsala "Quick Blue" IIa-O)
DETAILS NGC1566 is an 'intermediate spiral galaxy' also classed as a "Seyfert" galaxy, the second brightest after ngc1068. Supernovae ASASSN-14ha and SN 2010el occurred close to the central mass.

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