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Names PGC 25211, CGCG 180-023, II Hz 4
Right Ascension (2000.0) 08:58:33.0
Declination +37:05:11
Constellation Lynx
Redshift (z) 0.042927 +/- 0.000180
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 12869 +/- 54 km/s
Distance (esteem) 567,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 09-28/03/2014
Exposure time 7,500 seconds (5 x 1500 exposures under moonlight) 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
SDSS image

The little compact galaxy at left is PGC 25212 (KUG 0855+373) whose redshift is 0.058378 (+/- 0.000105), the heliocentric radial velocity is 17501 (+/- 31 km/s) and the light travel-time is 760,000,000 light years.
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