NGC1744 Galaxy in Lepus

DATE 4 Oct 2013
TELESCOPE OPTICS 508 mm mirror f.4 effective f/4.6 with paracorr2. ccd Kodak KAF8300 3326 x 2504px 5.4 x 5.4µm
EXPOSURE binning 2: composite image, 13minutes
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) 24.5
LIGHT TRAVEL TIME (Derived Redshift. Millions Light Years) NGC1744 = 33
2MASX J05003059-2601071 = 752
2MASX J05002636-2606431 = 760
MAGNITUDE NGC1744 = 11.9b
2MASX J05003059-2601071 = 16.89
2MASX J05002636-2606431 = 16.75
POSITION RA-DEC J2000 NGC1744 = 05:00:00.0 -26:01:00
2MASX J05003059-2601071 = 05:00:30.60 -26:01:07.0
2MASX J05002636-2606431 = 05:00:26.40 -26:06:43.0
POSITION ANGLE: 168
Rotation Velocity km/s  
Size (Light Years) ~110
DETAILS NGC1744 is a low suface brightness barred spiral galaxy. Lots of more distant galaxies appear in this image, many seem to be side-on spirals. Unfortunately, data on these is unavailable.

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