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The Details |
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Object |
NGC 4565 The Needle Galaxy in Coma Berenices |
Optics |
12.5" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien at f/6.9 |
Platform |
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO |
Camera |
SBIG ST-10XME |
Filters |
Tru-Balance LRGB |
Date |
13 May 2004 |
Location |
Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County CA |
Exposure |
L 10 x 300 sec 1x1 bin, RGB 3ea x 300 sec 2x2 bin |
Software |
Maxim DL/CCD, Registar, CCDSharp, Photoshop |
| Notes | This beautiful galaxy, located approximately 31 million light years from earth, is the quintessential example of an edge-on spiral. This is about what the Milky Way galaxy would look like if viewed from deep space along its galactic plane. |
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