Object |
Description: | NGC3718 and NGC3729 Galaxies |
Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Distance: | 70,000,000 ly |
Image |
Date: | March 28, 2014 |
Location: | Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA |
Exposure: | Lum 12x10, R 8x10, G 8x10, B 8x10 (bin 1x1) |
Notes: | To the left of NGC3718 is the galaxy group Hickson 56. |
Equipment |
Optics: | DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph |
Focal Length: | 1867mm @f/7.3 |
Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
Camera: | FLI ML-6303E |
Focuser: | Built-in Secondary Focuser |
Filters: | FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB |
Software: | Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop |