Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 5189, IC 4271, Bennett 62, Cederblad 123, Spiral Nebula |
| Object type | Planetary Nebula (?) |
| Coordinates | 13 h 34 min - 65° 59' Musca (Mus) |
| Description | NGC 5189, in the far southern
Milky Way constellation of Musca (The Fly), is also called
the "Spiral Nebula" because visually its S-shape
reminds of a barred spiral galaxy. It shows a
peculiar, very complex structure with filaments that remind of the Crab
Nebula ( M 1 ). Dreyer calls it "a very strange
nebula". The size is 2.4 x 1.5 arcmins and distance from earth
is an estimated 3000 light years.
The field of view is 15 x 10 arcminutes. North is down. |
| Exposure | LRGB 60:20:20:20 min @ -15°C ; all exposures unbinned |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XE with Astrodon CRGB filterset - selfguided |
| Optics | RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 (prime focus) |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta, Registar, CCDSharp, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 02May2005 @ 04:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 6/10, Seeing 5/10, Temperature + 15°C |
