NGC4038

Antennae Galaxies

NGC4038

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Object Info

Type

Galaxies

Constellation

Corvus

Distance

45,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

May 9, 2016

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 12x15, R 5x10, G 5x10, B 5x10 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph

Focal Length

1867mm @f/7.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

FLI ML-6303E

Focuser

Built-in Secondary Focuser

Filters

FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop