| OBJECT |
M64 - Black Eye Galaxy (image above is reduced-size crop | other sizes: medium , original) Distance: 24 million light years |
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| Telescope | Takahashi TOA-130F @ f/7.7 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 540wsg @ -15C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 8x10min L (bin1x1); 2x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location Notes |
3 April 2014 - Las Cruces, NM Published as Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day, 3 Jun 15 (screenshot). Published as Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD), 7 Sep 14. Published as Space.com - 20th slot in Space.com "Space Image of the Day (July 2014)" (screenshot) Relatively elusive object, but this result is a pretty big difference from an earlier result I had some years ago. You can see the earlier result, here. |
