NGC 660
British Astronomical Association Picture Of The Week 19 November 2018
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
Declination: +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
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
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2