In Good Galactic Company - NGC 1961 and Friends (Bill McLaughlin)

In Good Galactic Company - NGC 1961 and Friends

Moderately small in size at about 10 arcmin and located in Camelopardalis, NGC 1961 is a distorted spiral located at a distance of about 200 million light years. It is around 220,000 light years across. Although distortion is often caused by a companion galaxy or galactic collision, no such other galaxy has been found and it has been suspected that the distortion was caused by interaction with a surrounding cloud of intergalactic gas. It has also been found to have a bright X-ray corona. It is a member of a group of nine nearby galaxies an has been host to four supernovae since 1998.

Taken from Skiesaway observatory over 9 nights between January 11th and February 11th, 2024.

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It is one of many galaxies imaged by Hubble

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Title: In Good Galactic Company - NGC 1961 and Friends

Description: Moderately small in size at about 10 arcmin and located in Camelopardalis, NGC 1961 is a distorted spiral located at a distance of about 200 million light years. It is around 220,000 light years across. Although distortion is often caused by a companion galaxy or galactic collision, no such other galaxy has been found and it has been suspected that the distortion was caused by interaction with a surrounding cloud of intergalactic gas. It has also been found to have a bright X-ray corona. It is a member of a group of nine nearby galaxies an has been host to four supernovae since 1998.

Taken from Skiesaway observatory over 9 nights between January 11th and February 11th, 2024.

NOTE: For the full scale wider FOV, select "Revision B".

It is one of many galaxies imaged by Hubble

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RA (center)	05h42m38s.930
RA (top/left)	05h41m29s.870
RA (top/right)	05h41m37s.750
RA (bottom/right)	05h43m45s.461
RA (bottom/left)	05h43m39s.328

Dec (center)	+69°21′07″.52
Dec (top/left)	+69°29′48″.13
Dec (top/right)	+69°12′01″.82
Dec (bottom/right)	+69°12′25″.16
Dec (bottom/left)	+69°30′11″.77

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