Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 613, Bennett 8 |
| Object type | Class SB Spiral galaxy |
| Coordinates | 01 h 34 min - 29° 25' Sculptor (Scl) |
| Description | This beautiful barred spiral
galaxy lies 65 million light-years away in the southern constellation
Sculptor, home to the more famous galaxies NGC
253, NGC 247 and NGC
55 . Over 100 thousand light-years across, NGC 613 seems to have
more than its fair share of spiral arms laced with cosmic dust clouds and
bright star forming regions near the ends of a dominant central bar.
Radio emission indicates the presence of a massive black hole at the
center of NGC 613.
North is towards the upper left (330°) in this 15 x 10 arcmin field of view. |
| Exposure | CRGB 100:40:40:40 min @ -18°C, RGB exposures binned 2x2 |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XE selfguided + CFW8 with Astrodon CRGB filterset |
| Optics | RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 (prime focus) |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 20 (RGB) resp. 21 (Lum) Oct2006 @ 03:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 6/10, Seeing 7/10, Temperature + 14° C |
