NGC 488 (UGC 907) Galaxy in Pisces
Located at: RA 01 hours 21 minutes 47 seconds, Dec +05 degrees 15 minutes 25 seconds
Size: 6.6' x 5.3'; Magnitude: 10.2 visual; Class: SA(r)b
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 920 minutes (92 x 10 minute subs), 11/14/15/16/17/2009; seeing 2.6-4.5 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: |
From the
NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 488 NGC 0488 = UGC 00907 = MCG +01-04-033 = CGCG 411-033 = PGC 04946 01 21 46.8 +05 15 25 V = 10.3; Size 5.2x3.9; SB = 13.4; PA = 15d 17.5": bright, large, very bright core, oval 4:3 ~N-S. A mag 11 star is at the S edge, 1.6' SSE of center and a mag 10 star lies 3' SW. Located 9' W of mag 8.3 SAO 109832. In a group with N490 8' NE, N488 5.5' N and N500 18' NE. - by Steve Gottlieb |