Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 3521 |
| Object type | Type SABbc spiral galaxy |
| Coordinates | 11 h 06 min - 0° 04' (Leo) |
| Description | Located on the celestial equator
in the "head" of Leo - The Lion - this
impressive galaxy is both large and bright and could have been easily seen
by Messier. It has a very bright, almost starlike core from which
material appears to be ejected perpendicularly to the galaxy plane into a
prominent halo.
NGC 3521 lies 30 million light years distant. The field of view is 15 x10 arcminutes with north towards the right. |
| Exposure | LRGB 135:40:40:40 min @ -15°C ; L exposures 15 min, RGB exposures 10 min binned 2x2 |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XE with Astrodon filterset - selfguided |
| Optics | RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 (prime focus) |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta, CCDSharp, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 06Mar2005 @ 05:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 8, Seeing 7, Temperature + 16°C |
