Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5582  ·  NGC 5598  ·  NGC 5601  ·  NGC 5603  ·  NGC 5625  ·  PGC 101511  ·  PGC 2133431  ·  PGC 2133665  ·  PGC 2134363  ·  PGC 2134470  ·  PGC 2134796  ·  PGC 2135066  ·  PGC 2135234  ·  PGC 2135471  ·  PGC 2135488  ·  PGC 2136485  ·  PGC 2136576  ·  PGC 2136718  ·  PGC 2136932  ·  PGC 2136971  ·  PGC 2137130  ·  PGC 2137604  ·  PGC 2137650  ·  PGC 2139426  ·  PGC 2140083  ·  PGC 2140338  ·  PGC 2140893  ·  PGC 2140903  ·  PGC 2142003  ·  PGC 214257  ·  And 106 more.
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UGC 9242 Widefield, Riedl Rudolf
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UGC 9242 Widefield

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UGC 9242 Widefield

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UGC 9242 is a extremely slim edge-on galaxy located 85 million light years away in the constellation of Bootes. The visual size is almost 6 arcmin. The real size is 150,000 light years. She is almost 20x longer than it is wide.

During this short nights the fast Newton is really helpful. With modest integration time its still possible to get a reasonable picture. Pls. zoom in!

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UGC 9242 Widefield, Riedl Rudolf