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Names NGC 523, NGC 527, UGC 979, PGC 5268, MCG +06-04-018, ARP 158, VV 783, IV Zw 45
Right Ascension (2000.0) 01:25:20.7
Declination +34:01:30
Constellation Andromeda
Redshift (z) 0.015871 +/- 0.000013
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 4758 +/- 4 km/s
Distance (esteem) 198,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 27/12/2016
Exposure time 12,000 seconds (8 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 and AO-7
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 OTA on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS Mount
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 0.522 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS I/E DSS1 Red
POSS I/O DSS2 Blue
POSS II/F DSS2 Red
POSS II/J DSS2 Blue
POSS II Color
Sloan Digital Sky Survey images
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Image taken under extremely bad seeing conditions
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