M 109 (NGC 3992) Galaxy in Ursa Major
Located at: RA 11 hours 57 minutes 36 seconds, Dec +53 degrees 22 minutes 29 seconds
Size: 7.6' x 4.6'; Magnitude: 10.6 blue; Class: SB(rs)bc
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 230 minutes (23 x 10 minute subs), 04/24/25/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
This image and NGC 5585 were taken with a lot of moon, and in a hazy, moisture laden sky, making smoothing the gradients a real challenge |