M 77 (NGC 1068, Arp 37) Galaxy in Cetus

Located at: RA 02 hours 42 minutes 40 seconds, Dec -00 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds

Size: 7.1' x 6.0'; Magnitude: 9.6 blue; Class: (R)SA(rs)b

North is up

West to the right

Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

  ST-8XME self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.51

Image:

No filter, 135 minutes (27 x 5 minute subs), 01/21/2006

Processing:

CCDSharp, MaxIm DL 4.5, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

Used 27 out of 30 subs for this image. I found that I don't have a good flat for these sequences .... made it tough to process