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M83

M83

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Hydra
  • Location: RA: 13h 37m 00s Dec: -29d 52' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 13.1 x 12.2 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 7.5
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ngc5236
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: 10 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
5 x 5 minutes each R/G/B 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: 4/09/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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