Object | |
Description: | Whale Galaxy and Neighbors |
Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
Distance: | 25,000,000 ly |
Image | |
Date: | May 12, 2007 |
Location: | Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA |
Exposure: | Lum 4x15 (bin 1x1), R 3x15, G 3x15, B 3x15 (bin 2x2) |
Notes: | NGC4631, NGC4656, NGC4627 |
Equipment | |
Optics: | Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor |
Focal Length: | 530mm @f/5 |
Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB |
Software: | MaxIm DL, RegiStar, Photoshop |