NGC 4565

IMAGE DETAILS

Object ............................................ NGC 4565
Constellation .............................. Coma Berenices
Distance + Ap. Magnitude.......  40 million Light years - 10.4
Date + Time ...............................  18/4/2007 - 19:00 UTC
Location ....................................  "Nunki Observatory" - Skiathos
Optics .........................................   Celestron C11 f/6.3
Tools ..........................................   CCDsoft
Camera .....................................   SBIG ST2000XM with CFW 8A (Astrodon filters)
Exposure Time.......................     Luminance: 11 X 300sec RGB: 6 X 300sec
More Details ...........................    Environment Temperature : 15oC Camera Temperature -15οC
Mount .......................................   Paramount ME
Guiding ....................................   Self guided
Processing Details ................    Photoshop , Maxim , CCDsoft
Notes ........................................  
Weather:9/10 - Transparence: 4/6 - Humidity : 67 %
Target details .........................   NGC 4565 is an edge-on galaxy , one of the brightest members of the Coma I Galaxy Cloud. Its is the largest edge-on spiral galaxy as seen from Earth

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