Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Abell 262 (Galaxy Cluster in Andromeda)


Date & Time: Jan 5 2008, from 20:31 to 21:24 JST(+0900)
Composed 6 shots with 10 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Nikon D80 (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3872 x 2592)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600



Abell 262 / Galaxy Cluster, type 0 1 III
R.A.01h 52m (rough position)
Dec.+36° 08' (rough position)
Apparent Sizeabout 100'
# of galaxies40
Red Shift0.0151
Magnitude13.3
Distance21 million light yrs.
Galactic superclusterPerseus-Pisces supercluster
Abell 262 is a medium-scaled galaxy cluster distributed around a border to Triangulum. The cluster contains about 40 member galaxies in span of about 2 degrees. A comparatively large elliptic galaxy of NGC709 has been positioned. The distance to the cluster has been estimated about 200 millions light years, one of principal clusters forming Perseus-Pisces super galaxy cluster.
Numbers with 4 digits represent NGC #



Abell168
Perseus I Cluster

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