Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 247, Bennett 3 |
| Object type | Spiral galaxy |
| Coordinates | 00 h 47 min - 20° 44' |
| Constellation | Cetus (Cet) |
| Description | This large, nearly edge-on spiral
galaxy belongs to the nearby Sculptor group (see NGC 55, NGC 300, NGC 253,
NGC 7793). All
are late-type spirals and they form the nearest collection of galaxies
outside of our own. At mag 9.7, NGC 247 is fairly faint and features an
ill-defined center, a prominent star on its southern edge and a
"void" on the northern side. Click on the image for a higher
resolution rendering. The field of view is 37 x 25 arcminutes
There is also an earlier image taken with a 6" (155mm) refractor telescope. |
| Exposure | NRGB 120:60:60:60 min @ -25°C, no filter on luminance, RGB binned 2x2 |
| Camera | SBIG STL-11000 selfguided with Astronomik Type II RGB filter set. |
| Optics | RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien at f/9 |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta 11, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 31Oct and 01Nov 2005 @ 03:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 7/10, Seeing 6/10, Temperature + 17°C |
