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Object Information
| Description | wikipedia: "NGC 2146 is a barred spiral galaxy type SB(s)ab pec in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy was discovered in 1876 by Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke. It has a diameter of 80,000 lyr. The galaxy's most conspicuous feature is the dusty lanes of a spiral arm lying across the core of the galaxy as seen from Earth, the arm having been bent 45 degrees by a close encounter with a smaller galaxy possibly NGC 2146a about 0.8 billion years ago. This close encounter is credited with the relatively high rates of star formation that qualify NGC 2146 as a starburst galaxy." |
| Type | SB(s)ab pec Galaxy |
| Brightness | 11.4 mag (vis) |
| Apparent Size | 6 x 3.4' |
| Distance | 70 MLy |
Exposure Information
| Date | 2019-03-04 |
| Location | GRT (Goldbach Remote Telescope) |
| Optics | GSO 12" RC f/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS1200Da |
| Integration | Luminance 5 x 120 sec, 2x2 Binning (0.17 h total) |