NGC 5585 (UGC 9179) Galaxy in Ursa Major
Located at: RA 14 hours 19 minutes 48 seconds, Dec +56 degrees 43 minutes 45 seconds
Size: 6.1' x 3.8'; Magnitude: 11.2 blue; Class: SAB(s)d
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 230 minutes (23 x 10 minute subs), 04/27/2007 |
| 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 M 109 were taken with a lot of moon, and in a hazy, moisture laden sky, making smoothing the gradients a real challenge |