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Name / Constellation

NGC 3079

 Other:  HOLM 156A, IRAS 09585+5555, UGC 5387, PGC 29050, CGCG 266-008

Uma
Coordinates AR: 10h 01m 57.9s - Dec: +55° 40′ 46.9″
Optics Officina Stellare 10" f8 Richtey-Cretien
Camera-Mount SBIG ST10XME/CFW10 - ZWO ASI1600MM guider (ONAG) - 10Micron GM2000 QCI Mount
Filters Astrodon Gen. II - LRGB
Exposure
  • Luminance
  • Red
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  • 30 x 900 sec - 7 h 30min
  • 6 x 900 sec - 1h 30min
  • 6 x 900 sec - 1h 30min
  • 6 x 900 sec - 1h 30min
  • UNBINNED
  • Bin2
  • Bin2
  • Bin2
Location / Date Promiod (Valle D'Aosta-Italy) "TLP" Remote Observatory - Jan 2023
Seeing 2.4" @ 0.7 arcosec/pixel unbinned
Note  
Acquisition MaxIm DL - CCD Autopilot5 - CCDCommander
Processing Adobe Photoshop -
Comment

 

NGC 3079 is a barred spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away, and located in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 1 April 1790.
The SIMBAD database lists NGC 3079 as a Seyfert II Galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.