Galaxy NGC 185


Date:       29th Oct 1987
Time:       00:15 UT
Exposure:   45 min @ f4.5
Equipment:  300mm FL f4.5 telephoto lens (Zenith)
Film:       Kodak Tec Pan 2415
Developer:  D19 for 8 min
Site:       Prestwich, Manchester, England
Conditions: V.Clear
Ref:        A24-2

Notes:

The camera (Zenith) was mounted on a home-made equatorial drive.
Guiding was undertaken with a 50mm refractor.
The width of this photo is one degree across.

NCG 185 a companion of the Andromeda Galaxy M31 is quite a faint galaxy to 
photograph, as its surface brightness is very low, at about magnitude 11.8.
NGC 147 another galaxy lies close by.



Michael Oates.