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M102

M102 — Spindle Galaxy

Galaxy
· Draco
Intermediate
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Target information

Object type
Galaxy
Constellation
Draco
Right ascension
15h 06m 30s
Declination
+55° 46′ 00″
Magnitude
9.9
Angular size
5′ × 2′
Surface brightness
Not recorded
Difficulty
Intermediate
Best months
Apr-Jul
Catalog IDs
M102

About this target

Edge-on lenticular.

Recommended telescopes

Celestron
3910mm f/11.0 · 356mm aperture
Frames 24% of APS-C FOV
Celestron
2800mm f/10.0 · 279mm aperture
Frames 17% of APS-C FOV
Meade
2540mm f/10.0 · 254mm aperture
Frames 16% of APS-C FOV
Astro-Tech
2432mm f/8.0 · 305mm aperture
Frames 15% of APS-C FOV
Takahashi
2415mm f/11.5 · 210mm aperture
Frames 15% of APS-C FOV
Celestron
2350mm f/10.0 · 235mm aperture
Frames 15% of APS-C FOV

Recommended cameras

QHYCCD
3.76µm pixels · cooled
Player One
4.63µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
5.94µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ToupTek
2.90µm pixels · cooled

Example framing

FOV 0.34° × 0.23°
Scale 0.20″/px
Target fills 36% of frame
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FOV 0.48° × 0.32°
Scale 0.28″/px
Target fills 26% of frame
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FOV 0.43° × 0.29°
Scale 0.38″/px
Target fills 28% of frame
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