NGC3115 Galaxy in Sextans

This page was updated on 02-Jan-14
DATE 31 Dec 2013
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, 7 min
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) 26
LIGHT TRAVEL TIME (Derived Redshift. Millions Light Years) NGC3115 = 45
UGCA 200 = 48
MDS ust00-008 = 5,135
MDS ust00-027 = 6,533
2MASX J10053461-0738175 = 630
MAGNITUDE NGC3115 = 9.87
UGCA 200 = 16.1b
MDS ust00-008 = 19.54
MDS ust00-027 = 21.15
2MASX J10053461-0738175 = 17.31
POSITION RA-DEC J2000 NGC3115 = 10:05:14.00 -07:43:07.0
UGCA 200 = 10:05:35.10 -07:45:00.0
MDS ust00-008 = 10:05:44.50 -07:41:07.0
MDS ust00-027 = 10:05:43.80 -07:42:02.0
2MASX J10053461-0738175 = 247.78022 +36.89815
POSITION ANGLE: 43
Rotation Velocity km/s 260
Size (Light Years) 70,000 (RC3 D_25; R_25 (blue))
DETAILS NGC3115 is an edge-on spiral, unusually, not showing a dust lane. A supernova occurred here named SN 1935b.
[KK98] 084:[SPM2005] 3-0830 appears to be a cluster of stars about about 6 million light years in front of UGCA 200.
This image shows a great many nebulous objects but data isn't available at this time.

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