NGC3972-NGC3980-NGC3982 ( AlBroxton )

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: NGC 3972 · NGC 3977 · NGC 3980 · NGC 3982

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NGC3972-NGC3980-NGC3982

Software: MLUnsold ImagesPlus · photoshop · Noel's Tools
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses: 80mm EON Orion
Guiding Cameras: Orion Star Shooter

Dates:: March 16, 2011
Frames:: 26×220″(1h 35′ 20″)
Integration:: 1h 35′ 20″
Avg. Moon age:: 11.02 days
Avg. Moon phase:: 84.97%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 412604

RA center: 11h55m54s.10

DEC center: +55°20′42″

Pixel scale: 2.332 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 61.356 degrees

Field radius: 0.308 degrees

Resolution: 800x514

File size: 161.5 KB

Locations: Leesburg home, Leesburg , Florida, United States

NGC3972 is a galaxy in Ursa Major. Magnitude is 12.9. Distance is 52 million light years away. NGC3972 has a small, bright nucleus. 2 main knotty arms. The distance to NGC3972 is estimated to be 13.6 Mpc. That’s about 44,363,200 light years. At that distance NGC3972′s stars are so far from us that their combined light merge into the spiral form that we see. However, the star indicated by the tick marks is a member of NGC3972. The only reason that we see that individual star is that it has very violently exploded as a supernova. Was discovered by William Herschel.

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