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Sombrero Galaxy
M104
Object
Type Spiral Galaxy
Constellation Virgo
Distance 50,000,000 ly
Magnitude 8
Angular Size 9x4 arc min
Size
More Info  SEDSAPODEssay by Robert Gendler ©
Image
Date 3/27/2009
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data LRGB 900:30:30:30 mins @ -20C
Lum 9x10 (bin 1x1), R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10 (bin 2x2)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Takahashi MT200
Focal Length 960mm @f/4.8
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM (KAI-2020M)
Focuser TAK MEF-1
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB
Software CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop

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