NGC 279 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Cetus (Cet) · Contains: NGC 279 · PGC 1095577 · PGC 1095715 · PGC 1096334 · PGC 1100364 · PGC 1100413 · PGC 1100747 · PGC 3092

NGC 279

This Astrobin Debut Object is a lenticular galaxy located 160 million light years away in the constellation of Cetus at a declination of -2 degrees. It is a magnitude 13 galaxy which spans 1.4 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a diameter of 70,000 light years.

From our view perspective, the disk is inclined about halfway between face-on and edge-on.

This is an odd disk structure. The overall galaxy disk extends almost vertical in the image, but the inner disk is inclined at 45 degrees. The bright core is not centered in either disk. The top of the disk has interesting detail, suggesting a slight rim or even a looping star stream.

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Astrometry.net job	7434251
PixInsight job	WTPCUYJMJ04QNPPQ2RZ16VTBSRY0H3Z3
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	00h52m09s.770
RA (top/left)	00h52m51s.946
RA (top/right)	00h51m26s.731
RA (bottom/right)	00h51m26s.194
RA (bottom/left)	00h52m51s.414

Dec (center)	-02°13′03″.20
Dec (top/left)	-02°05′35″.89
Dec (top/right)	-02°05′24″.35
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°20′30″.90
Dec (bottom/left)	-02°20′41″.65

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