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NGC 660
British Astronomical Association Picture Of The Week 19 November 2018
NGC 660 is a peculiar polar ring galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is 45 million light years from Earth.
TARGET
Nomenclature
: NGC 660, PGC 6318, LEDA 6318, UGC 1201
Right Ascension:
01:43:02.4
De
clination:
+13:38:42
Size:
2.7 arc min
EQUIPMENT USED
APM TMB LZOS 152 refractor
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
QSI6120 CCD camera
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Luminance:
30x900 bin 1x1
Red:
12x600 bin 1x1
Green:
12x600 bin 1x1
Blue:
12x600 bin 1x1
Total integration:
13.5 hours
Pixel scale:
0.534 arcsec/pixel
Field radius:
0.367 degrees
Capture dates:
4 October - 3 November 2018
Capture location:
Alcalali, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing:
CCDStack2
Post-processing:
Photoshop CS2
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