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Names PGC 54559, Hoag's Object
Right Ascension (2000.0) 15:17:14.4
Declination +21:35:08
Constellation Serpens Caput
Redshift (z) 0.042483 +/- 0.000000
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 12736 +/- 0 km/s
Distance (esteem) 559,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 06/06/2013
Exposure 12,000 seconds (8 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 with AO7
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 GPS 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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Hubble Space Telescope image
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