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 |