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| Subject Notes: | |
| This is a faint type Sc spiral galaxy approx. 20 million light years away. It is 8 arc minutes in diameter, and magnitude 8.8. While the nucleus is small and bright, its outer arms are very faint, making this a difficult subject to image. |
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| Imaging Details: | |
| Imaging Date: | August 9th, 2002 |
| Imaging Site: | Oregon Star Party |
| Seeing Conditions: | Excellent |
| Telescope: | Takahahsi FSQ-106N @ F8 (850mm) |
| Imaging Camera: | ST-10XME w/CFW-8A |
| Mount & Guiding: | Losmandy G-11 with Gemini Goto. Guided with STV on Takahashi FS-60C |
| Exposure: | Luminance = 5x300sec, Red = 10x300sec, Green = 10x300sec, Blue = 9x480sec |
| Processing Notes: | MaxIm DL/CCD - Dark subtracted, and median combined. Photoshop - Color combined, curves, slight color balance, and unsharp mask sharpening. |
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