NGC772

NGC772 Peculiar Galaxy

NGC772

Click to display the full resolution

Object Info

Type

Peculiar Galaxy

Constellation

Aries

Distance

130,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

September 11, 2010

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Lum 9x10 (bin 1x1), R 6x5, G 6x5, B 6x5 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1735mm @f/6.2

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop