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Black-eye Galaxy
M64
Object
Type Spiral Galaxy
Constellation Coma Berenices
Distance 19,000,000 ly
Magnitude 8.5
Angular Size 9.3x5.4 arc min
Size 51,000 ly
More Info  SEDSAPODEssay by Robert Gendler ©
Image
Date 4/15/2005
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data L 75 mins @ -20C
Lum 5x15 (bin 1x1)
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, Photoshop

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