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Names NGC 5899, UGC 9789, PGC 54428, MCG +07-31-045
Right Ascension (2000.0) 15:15:03.2
Declination +42:02:59
Constellation Bootes
Redshift (z) 0.00864 +/- 0.00001
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 2590 +/- 4 km/s
Distance (esteem) 129,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 19/04/2023 - 20/04/2023
Exposure time 12,000 seconds (8 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

The edge-on galaxy is NGC 5900 with Redshift (z) 0.00833 +/- 0.00001 and Heliocentric Radial Velocity 2496 +/- 3 km/s
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