M109

Constellation: Ursa Major        Distance: 75 million lightyears

m109

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 4.25 hours, LRGB = 105:50:50:50 minutes
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Temp -30 ° C, Baader LRGB filters
  • Instrument: TEC 140 with field flattener focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Guiding: SBIG Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location and date: Etoile St.Cyrice, France, 7 April 2016

Image acquisition with ImagesPlus 5.75 Camera Control:
  • 7 Luminance of 15 min, binned 1x1
  • 5 Red + 5 Green + 5 Blue of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 Flat fields with flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 15 and 10 min
  • 50 Bias frames

Processed in PixInsight 1.8