| OBJECT |
NGC 3953 - Barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major (image above is reduced-size crop | other sizes: medium , original) Distance: 55 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 | 7x15min L (bin1x1); 4x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location Notes |
28 March 2014 - Las Cruces, NM Published by One Minute Astronomer, 12 Jun 14. One of my favorite galaxies to image - but, a challenge as NGC 3953 is still a relatively small object for this focal length (1000mm). The "original" (uncropped) version shows lots of other more distant galaxies. Seeing was only slightly above average on this night, unfortunately. |
