NGC3718

NGC3718 and NGC3729 Galaxies

NGC3718

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Ursa Major

Distance

70,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

March 13, 2010

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 18x5 (bin 1x1), R 4x5, G 4x5, B 4x5 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

TAK MEF-1

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop