Object | |
Description: | Pinwheel Galaxy |
Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Distance: | 27,000,000 ly |
Image | |
Date: | December 29, 2008 |
Location: | Eastern Riverside County Desert, CA |
Exposure: | Lum 12x10, Ha 6x10 (bin 1x1), R 6x10, G 6x10, B 6x10 (bin 2x2) |
Equipment | |
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 |