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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 2/4/2005
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data LRGB 60:30:30:30 mins @ -20C
Lum 4x15 (bin 1x1), R 2x15, G 2x15, B 2x15 (bin 2x2)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT
Focal Length 1764mm @f/6.3
Mount Celestron CGE
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM (KAI-2001M)
Focuser Optec TCF-S
Filters CFW8A, Astrodon LRGB
Software CCDSoft 5, Photoshop cs

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