NGC 262 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Andromeda (And) · Contains: NGC 262

NGC 262

This Astrobin Debut Object is a Seyfert galaxy located 210 million light years away in the constellation of Andromeda at a declination of +32 degrees. It is a magnitude 13 galaxy which spans 2 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a Milky Way size diameter of 130,000 light years. It is about 30 degrees off of face-on in our apparent view and appears undisturbed to me.

This galaxy is the source of a lot of misinformation:

- Numerous respected sources report that this is one of the largest galaxies in the sky, with a diameter of over 1 million light years. This is absolutely false.

- Sources also report that the galaxy on the left is a companion, which is false as well. The 3 galaxies in near proximity to NGC 262 are all in the distant background.

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Astrometry.net job	5744142
PixInsight job	N7SEI1P496W1S0KA64J89YWP63P0ZC4L
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	00h48m47s.286
RA (top/left)	00h49m33s.998
RA (top/right)	00h48m01s.910
RA (bottom/right)	00h48m00s.739
RA (bottom/left)	00h49m33s.394

Dec (center)	+31°57′27″.80
Dec (top/left)	+32°04′16″.11
Dec (top/right)	+32°04′24″.98
Dec (bottom/right)	+31°50′36″.91
Dec (bottom/left)	+31°50′28″.00

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