NGC 1272 and 1275 (the center of AGC 426*) Galaxy in Perseus
Center of field at approximately: RA 03 hours 19 minutes 29 seconds, Dec +41 degrees 30 minutes 54 seconds
Size: 1.8' x 1.8' and 2.2' x 1.8'; Magnitude: 11.7 visual and 11.9 visual; Class: E+ and Pec
Note:* AGC 426 size is approximately 200', with about 100 member galaxies
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 360 minutes (36 x 10 minute subs), 12/10/15/16/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | NGC 1272 and NGC 1275 are the largest galaxies in this Abell Galaxy Cluster (RCG = Catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies, Abell, et al., 1989). Set amid the stars the Milky Way in Perseus, most of the other members of this cluster look like stars at 1000mm focal length ... |