Markarian 205 -- Seyfert Galaxy in Draco

Captured 25 Jun 2021, 00:17 hrs ET, Springfield, VA, USA. Bortle 8 skies, Mallincam DS10C camera, Celestron 8 inch SCT f/10, exposure 7 sec, gain 20, bin 2, live stack of 50 light frames, dark and flat frames subtracted, no filter.

 

Clouds: partly cloudy

Seeing: ok

Transparency: ok

Moon phase: 100%

 

From Astrometry.net:

FOV: 21 x 28 arcmin

Resolution: 0.8 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is West

 

From NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED):

 

Cross-identifications: MRK 0205; [HB89] 1219+755; WISEA J122144.09+751838.2; 2MASS J12214407+7518382; LQAC 185+075 009

 

Distance: 973 million light years

[Note: Estimated age of the Universe is 13.8 billion years. Measurement of distance is complex problem at this scale. ]

 

Redshift: z = 0.071

Type: Seyfert 1 galaxy

Apparent magnitude: +14.0

Apparent size: --

 

Appearance: dim star-like object adjacent to galaxy. Target area plate solved in Sharpcap; unambiguous visual ID via Stellarium.

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