NGC 4866 (UGC 8102) Galaxy in Virgo
Located at: RA 12 hours 59 minutes 27 seconds, Dec +14 degrees 10 minutes 15 seconds
Size: 9.2' x 1.3'; Magnitude: 12.1 blue; Class: SA(r)0+: sp
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 Deep Sky filter, 220 minutes (22 x 10 minute subs), 06/14/15/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
The little disorganized Galaxy to the West (right) is UGC 8091 (1.8'x1.3', mag 14.4v, Cl: Im). From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4866 NGC 4866 = UGC 08102 = MCG +02-33-045 = CGCG 071-092 = PGC 44600 12 59 27.1 +14 10 16 V = 11.2; Size 6.3x1.3; SB = 13.4; PA = 87d 17.5": fairly bright, large, edge-on 5:1 E-W, 5.0'x1.0', prominent core, stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star is embedded on the W side 0.8' WNW of center. The core appears slightly offset towards the star or the extension W of the core may appear less prominent due to the glare. - by Steve Gottlieb |