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This galaxy is in Coma Berenices.

 

Image Information:

Date(s)	May 22, 25, June 16, 17, 2006 (4 nights)
Optics	Takahashi BRC-250 10 inch f/5 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph with a 1,268 mm focal length
Mount	Losmandy G-11 with Gemini Level 3 V 1.1
Camera	SBIG ST-10XME
Guiding	Internal selfguiding
Field Scale	1.10 arc seconds / pixel
FOV	40 x 27 arc minutes
Chip Temperature	-15 C
Filter(s)	SBIG standard RGBC in a CFW-8A
Location	Shaver Lake, California 5610 feet at 37o 04.33' N  119o 20.33' W
Exposure(s)	L = 12 X 1200, R = 7 x 600, G = 7 x 600, B = 8 x 600 (7 2/3 hours total)
Binning	L = 1x1, RGB = 2x2
Camera control	CCDSoft V 5.00.174
Processing software	MaxIm DL V 4.53, Photoshop CS2 V 9.0
Image notes	Heavy frosting took place on the CCD chip.  The image has been cropped, but some of the frosting can be seen in the lower left corner.  The desiccant in the ST-10XME was recharged half way through the luminance subframes.

 

 

 

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