NGC 6015 (UGC 10075) Galaxy in Draco
Located at: RA 15 hours 51 minutes 25 seconds, Dec +62 degrees 18 minutes 35 seconds
Size: 5.4' x 2.1'; Magnitude: 11.7 blue; Class: SA(s)cd
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c & -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 850 minutes (85 x 10 minute subs), 05/13/15/18/19/20/2011; seeing 2.3-4.0 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 2.24.4110.20701, 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 6015 NGC 6015 = UGC 10075 = MCG +10-23-003 = CGCG 298-003 = CGCG 319-028 = PGC 56219 15 51 25.2 +62 18 35 V = 11.1; Size 5.4x2.1; SB = 13.6; PA = 28d 13.1": fairly faint, fairly large, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 4.0'x1.8', diffuse, almost even surface brightness. Located 2.3' E of a mag 11 star. A mag 13.5 star is at the SSW end 1.9' from the center. - by Steve Gottlieb |