Designation |
NGC 3621, PGC 34554,
Bennett 46 |
Object type |
Type SBcd spiral galaxy |
Coordinates |
11 h 13 min -
32° 49' (Hya) |
Description |
This galaxy is bright (mag
9) and shows a somewhat disheveled structure with knotty arms.
Its angular extension is also much larger than the published 11 x 6
arcmins: outer sections can be seen to cover the diagonal of this frame.
NGC 3621 lies 20 million light years distant.
The field of view is 15 x 10 arcminutes with north towards the upper right.
|
Exposure |
LRGB 120:50:50:50 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, PixInsight V.1, Adobe
Photoshop CS |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 19Mar2005 @
06:00
UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 7, Seeing 6-7, Temperature
+ 15°C |