| OBJECT |
M74 - NGC 628 (spiral galaxy in Pisces) (image above is reduced-size crop | other sizes: medium , original) Distance: 30 million light years |
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| Telescope | Takahashi TOA-130F @ f/7.7 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 690wsg @ -15C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 14x10min L (bin1x1); 3x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location Notes |
7 November 2018 - Las Cruces, NM Published as Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day, 18 Feb 19 (screenshot). Published in Amateur Astronomy Magazine quarterly, Winter 2019 issue, pg 78 (screenshot). This image is LRGB. |
