NGC 5248 (UGC 8616) Galaxy in Bootes
Located at: RA 13 hours 37 minutes 32 seconds, Dec +08 degrees 53 minutes 08 seconds
Size: 6.6' x 5.3'; Magnitude: 11.0 blue; Class: SAB(rs)bc
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, 210 minutes (21 x 10 minute subs), 06/8/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.2, 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 5248 NGC 5248 = UGC 08616 = MCG +02-35-015 = CGCG 073-054 = PGC 48130 13 37 32.0 +08 53 07 V = 10.3; Size 6.2x4.5; SB = 13.8; PA = 110d 17.5": bright, large, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, 4'x3', well-defined small very bright core, almost stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star lies 1.7' SSW of center and a mag 15 star or a very faint knot is embedded at the N edge of the halo. Appears slightly mottled or dusty but spiral arms not seen. - by Steve Gottlieb |