M 58 (NGC 4579) Galaxy in Virgo
Located at: RA 12 hours 37 minutes 44 seconds, Dec +11 degrees 49 minutes 11 seconds
Size: 5.9' x 4.7'; Magnitude: 9.6 visual; Class: SAB(rs)b
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 600 minutes (60 x 10 minute subs) 06/9/10/11/12/2010; seeing 2.5-4.6 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 2.6.3800.24688, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4579 NGC 4579 = M58 = U07796 = MCG +02-32-160 = CGCG 070-197 = PGC 42168 12 37 43.5 +11 49 06 V = 9.7; Size 5.9x4.7; SB = 13.1; PA = 95d 17.5": bright, moderately large, slightly elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, small very bright core, stellar nucleus. Located 7.6' E of mag 8.3 SAO 100179. 13": bright, increase to a small bright core, slightly elongated E-W, diffuse halo. - by Steve Gottlieb |