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Names IC 2453, PGC 26131, Mrk 1229
Right Ascension (2000.0) 09:15:54.6
Declination +20:55:43.8
Constellation Cancer
Redshift (z) 0.03004 +/- 0.00001
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 9005 +/- 4 km/s
Distance (esteem) 447,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 11/01/2021
Exposure time 13,500 seconds (9 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 and AO-7
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 OTA on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS Mount
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 0.522 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS
Sloan Digital Sky Survey images
SDSS image

Images taken during bad seeing
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