NGC6943 Galaxy in Pavo

DATE 10 Jun 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, 14min
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) 25.5
LIGHT TRAVEL TIME (Derived Redshift. Millions Light Years) NGC6943 = 135
NGC 6943:[ZSF97] a = 145
MAGNITUDE NGC6943 = 11.4
NGC 6943:[ZSF97] a = 16.6
POSITION RA-DEC J2000 NGC6943 =20:44:33.70 -68:44:52.0
NGC 6943:[ZSF97] a = 20:43:35.70 -68:34:27.0
POSITION ANGLE: 251
Rotation Velocity km/s ~200
Size (KiloParsecs... kpc) 53.64 (ESO-LV "Quick Blue" IIa-O)
DETAILS NGC6943 is a weakly barred spiral galaxy, supernovae SN 1998ew and SN 2005av occurred here.

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