NGC 3115 Galaxy in Sextans

Also known as Caldwell 53,this lenticular (S0)-Galaxy in the constellaiton of Sextans normally is listed as NGC3115.

Its a huge galaxy with a mass several times that of our own milky-way.At a distance of about 22mio light-years its apparent size is 7,2′ × 3,2′ with a brightness of 9.3mag.

Because of its edged-on presentation,there hardly can be detected any spiral structure of this galaxy.

A huge billion-solar-mass black-hole inside was examined by the CHADRA X-ray Observatory.You can read more about this with help of link down at this page.

Very little star-formation happens inside NGC3115:there is nearly no dust and gas left over for triggering such events.

NGC3115 was first seen by William Herschel in 1787.

 

 position (epoch 2000):

Ra.: 10h 05m 14s
Decl.: -07° 43′ 07″

 

image data:

LRGB image from L = 24x1200s

RGB = 7x1200s each

a total of 15.0hours

80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain

FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB Gen-II filters

Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled

image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken

 

In this 21`arc-minutes squared FOV you can detect the Spindle Galaxy NGC3115 as a perfect eded-on galaxy.

For full resolution click HERE

here is a more detailed version of NGC3115:

 

HERE you find a picture taken with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESO´s VLT,including a descrition concerning the black-hole inside NGC3115.

 

 

Last modified on Wednesday, 11 March 2020 12:24

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