Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  NGC 493  ·  NGC 497
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NGC 493, Gary Imm
NGC 493, Gary Imm

NGC 493

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NGC 493, Gary Imm
NGC 493, Gary Imm

NGC 493

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Description

This Astrobin Debut Object is a spiral galaxy located 70 million light years away in the constellation of Cetus at a declination of +1 degrees.  It is a magnitude 12.5 galaxy which spans 3 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a diameter of 70,000 light years.

From our view perspective, the disk is inclined about 10 degress from edge-on.

Numerous blue star clouds are seen in the outside disk.  Some dust lanes are apparent in the inner region.  The arm structure looks like a grand design spiral but is hard to determine due to the near edge-on orientation of the disk.

Several interesting background galaxies are seen, especially the odd pair at 11 o’clock.

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