M64

Black-eye Galaxy

M64

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

19,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

April 26, 2009

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Lum 24x5 (bin 1x1), R 6x5, G 6x5, B 6x5 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1764mm @f/6.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop