Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo Minor (LMi)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3486  ·  PGC 1850550  ·  PGC 33184
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NGC 3486, a quasar and a white dwarf, Vitali
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NGC 3486, a quasar and a white dwarf

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NGC 3486, a quasar and a white dwarf, Vitali
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NGC 3486, a quasar and a white dwarf

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Description

A nice looking galaxy in Leo Minor. Many tiny galaxies are visible around it.

The field also includes two unusual objects. The first is a quasar with a redshift z=3.1775. According to the NED database the light travelled 11310 million years from it. The second object is a white dwarf. See the annotated revision B.

Data on the annotated image is from Cartes du Ciel, Simbad and NED

http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=ngc3486

http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=SDSS%20J110053.55%2b290513.6

This image consists of 497 unguided exposures 120 seconds each.

The data was acquired on 13.03.2020, 14.03.2020, 15.03.2020, 17.03.2020, 18.03.2020, 22.03.2020, 23.03.2020, 24.03.2020, 25.03.2020.

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  • NGC 3486, a quasar and a white dwarf, Vitali
    Original
  • NGC 3486, a quasar and a white dwarf, Vitali
    B
  • Final
    NGC 3486, a quasar and a white dwarf, Vitali
    D

B

Description: Annotated version with positions of the quasar and the white dwarf.

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D

Description: Less stretch. AutoColor script for color calibration.

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NGC 3486, a quasar and a white dwarf, Vitali