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M74

M74

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Pisces
  • Location: RA: 01h 36m 42.0s Dec: +15d 47' 11" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 10.0 x 9.4 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 9.4
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ngc 628
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.)
Exposure: 33 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
7 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: 10/14/04 and 11/09/04
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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