NGC 147 (UGC 326) Galaxy in Cassiopeia
Located at: RA 00 hours 33 minutes 12 seconds, Dec +48 degrees 30 minutes 28 seconds
Size: 13.2' x 7.7'; Magnitude: 10.5 blue; Class: E5 pec
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -10c & 15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 840 minutes (84 x 10 minute subs), 10/22/23/25/26/2009; seeing 1.8-3.5 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.4, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | NGC 147 and NGC 185 are two satellite
galaxies of M 31 (the 'Great Galaxy in
Andromeda'). I shot these two dwarf galaxies with long exposures
during the October 'moon up' period. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 147NGC 0147 = UGC 00326 = MCG +08-02-005 = CGCG 550-006 = PGC 02004 00 33 11.7 +48 30 27 V = 9.5; Size 13.2x7.8; SB = 14.5; PA = 25d 17.5" (10/13/90): fairly faint, very large, elongated almost 2:1 SSW-NNE, 5'x3', very low almost even surface brightness. Contains a faint stellar nucleus or a mag 13.5 star is superimposed just N of center. Gradually fades into background. This is a satellite system of M31 and a Local Group member. 17.5" (8/29/92): appears larger (8'x4') using 20mm Nagler in White Mountains. 8": very faint, moderately large, slightly elongated, diffuse. - by Steve Gottlieb |