M108

Constellation: Ursa Major        Distance: 45 million lightyears

M108

Image spcefications:
Exposure: 130 minutes (13 x 10 minutes) on 1600 ISO, RAW format
Camera: Modified Canon 40D
Instrument: Meade 25 cm ACF with Astro-Physics 27TVPH telecompressor, focal distance 1800 mm
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: TS Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
Image processing: ImagesPlus, Photoshop CS3
Location: Wateren, The Netherlands
Sky Quality Meter: 21,18
Temperature: Ambient: -2° C
Date: 5 mars 2011
Higher resolution 2000 x 1333