M 110 (NGC 205) Galaxy in Andromeda
Located at: RA 00 hours 40 minutes 23 seconds, Dec +41 degrees 41 minutes 22 seconds
Size: 21.9' x 10.9'; Magnitude: 8.9 blue; Class: E5 peculiar
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 250 minutes (25 x 10 minute subs), 10/27/28/2006 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
M 110 is one of the close companions to the 'Great Galaxy in Andromeda' (M 31), a small portion of which can be seen to the East (left); another close companion to M 31 is M 32. Two more satellites that are further away are NGC 147 and NGC 185. From the the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 205 NGC 0205 = M110 = U00426 = MCG +07-02-014 = CGCG 535-014 = PGC 02429 00 40 22.0 +41 41 07 V = 8.1; Size 21.9x11.0; SB = 14.0; PA = 170d 13.1": bright, very large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 10'x4', quite prominent but only a gentle broad concentration. The brightest globular cluster G73 in M110 lies 6' E of center. 8": fairly bright, large, elongated ~N-S, companion to M31. - by Steve Gottlieb |