NGC 2903 (UGC 5079) Galaxy in Leo
Located at: RA 09 hours 32 minutes 10 seconds, Dec +21 degrees 29 minutes 58 seconds
Size: 12.6' x 6.0'; Magnitude: 9.7 blue; Class: SAB(rs)bc
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25 & -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 290 minutes (29 x 10 minute subs), 04/18 & 05/05/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | This image combines 2.9 (FWHM) second seeing (4/18) with my last set that tracked low into the west, with up to 5.0 second seeing ... as the moon crept closer to NGC 2903 in April, I started imaging M 109 and NGC 5585, as they were farther from the brightening moon |