Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC383 Group (Galaxy Group in Pisces)

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Date & Time:	Oct 16 2004, from 23:19 to 23:47 JST(+0900)
	Composed 4 shots with 8 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:	Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Location:	Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings:	Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3024 x 2016)
	CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600, White Balance...Auto

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NGC383 / Galaxy, type SA0- R.A. 01h 07m 25.2s (2000.0) Dec. +32° 24' 47" (2000.0) Apparent Size 1.6 x 1.4' Radial Velocity N/A Magnitude 13.4 Distance 225 million light yrs. Group of Galaxies Perseus-Pisces Supercluster (NGC383 Group) Other IDs UGC689, MCG5-3-53 CGCG501-87, PGC03982 This image shows you a small-scaled galactic group in northern Pisces with a span of about 50 arc minutes. A central striking galaxy in the image is NGC383. You can see some elliptical galaxies paralleling in north south direction.

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NGC253,NGC288

NGC507 Group

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