NGC4631
NGC4631
Object | |
| Description: | Whale Galaxy and Neighbors |
| Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Distance: | 25,000,000 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | May 12, 2007 |
| Location: | Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA |
| Exposure: | Lum 4x15 (bin 1x1), R 3x15, G 3x15, B 3x15 (bin 2x2) |
| Notes: | NGC4631, NGC4656, NGC4627 |
Equipment | |
| Optics: | Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor |
| Focal Length: | 530mm @f/5 |
| Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
| Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
| Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
| Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB |
| Software: | MaxIm DL, RegiStar, Photoshop |