NGC5248

This image of NGC5248 is a 10 minute exposures taken on March 24th, 2001 with my Ritchey-Chretien 12.5 inch F/7.25 telescope, with a SBIG ST-8 and the AO-7 Adaptive Optics. I put a Astrophysics .75 focal reducer on the scope before I took this image.
RA (2000)
13h, 21m, 30.0s
DEC (2000)
+08°, 53', 00"
Magnitude
10.3
Size
6.2 x 4.5 arc min
Constellation
Bootes
Other Name
UGC 8616
Distance
48 Million Light Years
Radial Velocity
Unknown
Object Type
SAB(rs)bc I Galaxy
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