• Constellation: Cassiopeia
  • Right Ascension: 00h 38m 57.970s
  • Declination: +48° 20′ 14.56″
  • Distance: 2 million ly

Dwarf spherical galaxies are not the most photogenic of galaxies, but sometimes I like to image stuff off the beaten track to see what I can find.

 

I was able to track down and identify some of the globular clusters that surround this galaxy. One of these, FJJ-VI was originally classified as a globular, but later studies by Hubble point to it being a distant elliptical galaxy. The color is noticeable much more reddish. FJJ-II is listed at 19.7 magnitude in the visual band. 



NGC 185 is a satellite of the Andromeda along with its close neighbor dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 147 (not visible in this field of view). Unlike its neighbor, NGC 185 still has star formation and has an active galactic nucleus, and visible molecular clouds in its nucleus.
Distance to NGC 185 is 2 million light years and is located in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

Imaged with the RC10 telescope.

  • Telescope: GSO RC10
  • Camera: Atik 314l+