M91

M91 Barred Galaxy

M91

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

60,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

May 8, 2005

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Lum 3x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1764mm @f/6.3

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Optec TCF-S

Filters

CFW8A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCDSoft, Photoshop