Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1174  ·  NGC 1186
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NGC 1186, Gary Imm
NGC 1186, Gary Imm

NGC 1186

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NGC 1186, Gary Imm
NGC 1186, Gary Imm

NGC 1186

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Description

This Astrobin Debut Object, also known as NGC 1174, is a barred spiral galaxy located 110 million light years away in the constellation of Perseus at a declination of +42 degrees.  It is a magnitude 11.4 galaxy which spans 3 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a diameter of 100,000 light years.  From our view perspective, the disk is inclined at about 70 degrees.

This galaxy has several interesting features.  A dark dust band spirals into the top side of the core, which looks like a barlens to me but the inclination of this galaxy makes that tough to confirm.  VV rows are seen in the fragmented arms, which form a broken pseudoring around the inner region.  The arms appear disturbed but I don’t see any obvious companions or intruders.

Several distant galaxies are seen in the background, including 2 nice edge-on galaxies.

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