NGC 5078
Edge On Spiral Galaxy in Hydra
(ra:
13:19.8 / dec - 27:24)
February
2011,
Complejo La Aldea
in Villa de Merlo
San Luis, Argentina
DATA
TYPE: Galaxy
APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 12
SIZE: 4 x 2 arc minutes
DISTANCE: 94 Million light years
OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION
A rather
small object surrounded by a populated star and galaxy field. This
object was a challenge for the SCT at f 6.3 or 1260 focal length. NGC
5078 is located 4 degrees south from Gamma Hydra and also 4 degrees
North West M83. This galaxy presents a dust lane that cross its
equatorial plane and is interacting with IC 879 of magnitude 13.2. The
gravitational forces of NGC 5078 towards its small companion may be the
reason of its "S" shape. At the lower right is visible IC
874 with
magnitude 12.5. Lots of faint galaxies were capture in the background
probably more than 100 million light years away.
IMAGE INFORMATION
SCOPE: Celestron SCT 8" working
at f6.3
MOUNT: Sky Watcher HEQ6
SKY CONDITIONS:
Transparency and Seeing good
CAMERA: QSI 583 WS -10Cº
FILTERS: Astronomik Type 2, Ha 6
nm
EXPOSURES:
LRGB (90,20,20,20) RGB binned 2x2
GUIDING: William Optics ZenithStar 66 f6.
Starlight Xpress Lodestar Camera. AA 3.71 Control Camera Plug-in
PROCESSING:
Darks calibration for the RGB. No flats nor offsets.
Images Plus (Sigma Median Combination) CCD Sharp Deconvolution;
NASA Photoshop Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS