Face On Spiral Galaxy NGC2857 (Arp1) (Tom Wildoner)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: NGC 2854 · NGC 2856 · NGC 2857

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Face On Spiral Galaxy NGC2857 (Arp1)

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Face On Spiral Galaxy NGC2857 (Arp1)

This is the face on spiral galaxy NGC2857 and is also the first entry in the Arp catalog. It's Arp class is "spiral galaxies with low surface brightness". NGC2857 shows two very long thin spiral arms, as can be seen in my image. The galaxies of the lower left are NGC2856 and NGC2854, they are interacting galaxies and also listed in the Arp catalog as Arp285. These will be imaged at a later date using the Meade 12” to gain additional data.

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation: Ursa Major
Right ascension: 09h 24m 37.698s
Declination: +49° 21′ 25.69″
Distance: 225.21 ± 0.00 kly
Apparent magnitude (V): 12.27

Tech Specs: Orion 8" f/8 Ritchey-Chretien Astrograph Telescope, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI290MC and ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, 82 x 60 seconds at -10C plus darks and flats, processed using PixInsight and DSS. Image Date: January 26, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

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RA (center)	09h24m20s.194
RA (top/left)	09h25m42s.732
RA (top/right)	09h25m26s.164
RA (bottom/right)	09h22m56s.615
RA (bottom/left)	09h23m14s.932

Dec (center)	+49°17′32″.96
Dec (top/left)	+49°02′52″.20
Dec (top/right)	+49°34′20″.95
Dec (bottom/right)	+49°32′06″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+49°00′41″.83

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