Michael Purcell's Astrophotography

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NGC3697

(Click on the picture above to go to the main image.)

This galaxy cluster (also called Rose 27) is #53 in the Hickson catalog. The two small galaxies in the center are interacting with the larger spiral at the upper right. The galaxies at left center are in the background.

I took this picture in New Mexico.

Constellation	Leo
Right Asc (hh:mm:ss)	11:28:48
Declination(deg:sec)	20:48
Magnitude	13
Size (ArcMin)	2.3x0.7
Tirion SkyAtlas 2000	n/a
Uranometria 2000	#147

CCD Camera Parameters

Hickson group #53 (pg 126) ST-7 Compressed Image File_version = 3 Data_version = 1 Exposure = 20 minutes Focal_length = 80.000 Aperture = 43.0000 Response_factor = 2000.000 Note = Image taken 04/11/99 at 23:51:29 Background = 71 Range = 256 Height = 510 Width = 765 Date = 04/11/99 Time = 23:51:29 Exposure_state = 356 Temperature = -19.98 Number_exposures = 1 Each_exposure = 20 minutes History = 0 Observer = Michael Purcell X_pixel_size = 0.0090 Y_pixel_size = 0.0090 Pedestal = 0 E_gain = 2.30 User_1 = CCDOPS for DOS Version 3.78 Filter = None Readout_mode = 0 Track_time = 200 Sat_level = 65535

This page last updated on August 26, 2001 Contact Michael Purcell