M104
M104
Object | |
| Description: | Sombrero Galaxy |
| Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Distance: | 50,000,000 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | March 27, 2009 |
| Location: | Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA |
| Exposure: | Lum 9x10 (bin 1x1), R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10 (bin 2x2) |
Equipment | |
| Optics: | Takahashi MT200 Newtonian |
| Focal Length: | 960mm @f/4.8 |
| Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
| Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
| Focuser: | TAK MEF-1 |
| Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB |
| Software: | CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop |