M74

M74 Galaxy

M74

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Pisces

Distance

35,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

October 9, 2010

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Lum 12x10 (bin 1x1), R 6x5, G 6x5, B 6x5 (bin 2x2)

Notes

Using AP 0.67 Telecompressor

Equipment

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1930mm @f/6.9

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop