Object | |
Description: | Needle Galaxy |
Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
Distance: | 31,000,000 ly |
Image | |
Date: | April 12, 2008 |
Location: | Carlsbad, CA |
Exposure: | Lum 12x10 (bin 1x1), R 5x5, G 5x5, B 5x5 (bin 2x2) |
Equipment | |
Optics: | Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector |
Focal Length: | 1800mm @f/9 |
Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB |
Software: | CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop |