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MCG+11-19-006 -- Seyfert Galaxy in Ursa Minor

Captured 25 Jun 2021, 01:25 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 80 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: 0.9 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is North

 

From NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED):

 

Cross-identifications: CGCG 319-007; CGCG 1518.9+6546; MCG +11-19-006; WISEA J151933.67+653558.5; 2MASX J15193367+6535583

 

Distance: 616 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 = 0.044

Type: Seyfert 1.9 galaxy

Apparent magnitude: +13.4

Apparent size: 1 arcmin

 

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

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Uploaded on June 27, 2021
Taken on June 25, 2021