NGC 185 (UGC 396) Galaxy in Cassiopeia
Located at: RA 00 hours 38 minutes 58 seconds, Dec +48 degrees 20 minutes 14 seconds
Size: 11.9' x 10.1'; Magnitude: 10.1 blue; Class: E3 pec
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, 930 minutes (93 x 10 minute subs), 10/28/29/30/31/2009; seeing 1.7-3.5 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.5, 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 185NGC 0185 = UGC 00396 = MCG +08-02-010 = CGCG 550-009 = PGC 02329 00 38 57.2 +48 20 15 V = 9.2; Size 11.7x10.0; SB = 14.3; PA = 35d 17.5": bright, very large, slightly elongated ~E-W, broad concentration but no nucleus. Three mag 14 stars are at the W, NW and SW ends. Higher surface brightness than N147. The brightest globular is located 8' N of center and is a marginal object at high power (see description). This is a satellite system of M31 and a Local Group member. 8": fairly faint, fairly large, diffuse, N147 58' WNW. - by Steve Gottlieb |