NGC 6140 (UGC 10359) Galaxy in Draco
Located at: RA 16 hours 20 minutes 58 seconds, Dec +65 degrees 23 minutes 28 seconds
Size: 6.3' x 4.5'; Magnitude: 11.8 blue; Class: SB(s)cd pec
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, 930 minutes (93 x 10 minute subs), 05/4/5/6/7/10/11/12/2011; seeing 2.3-4.6 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 6140 NGC 6140 = UGC 10359 = MCG +11-20-012 = CGCG 320-025 = PGC 57886 16 20 57.3 +65 23 23 V = 11.3; Size 6.3x4.6; SB = 14.8; PA = 95d 17.5": moderately bright, moderately large, elongated ~E-W, broadly concentrated halo, very faint extensions. A mag 12 star lies 2.2' NW. Bracketed by three mag 15 stars 1.4' SE, 1.6' NNE and 1.9' SW of center. - by Steve Gottlieb |