IC342

IC342 Galaxy

Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Camelopardalis

Distance

10,000,000 ly

Date

December 30, 2008

Location

Eastern Riverside County Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 9x10 (bin 1x1), R 4x10, G 4x10, B 4x10 (bin 2x2)

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Starlight Feather Touch Micro Focuser

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCD Commander, Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop