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M64 (BLACK EYE GALAXY)

M64 (BLACK EYE GALAXY)

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Coma Berenices
  • Location: RA: 12h 56m 42s Dec: +21d 41' 00s Epoch 2000
  • Size: 10.3 x 5.0 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 8.5
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ngc4826, Black Eye Galaxy
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
with Astrodon Tru-Balance color filters.
Exposure: 9 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 6/04/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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