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M91

M91

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Coma Berenices
  • Location: RA: 12h 35m 24s Dec: +14d 30' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 5.2 x 4.2 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 10.1
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ngc4548
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: 12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 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: 4/13/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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