Object Notes:

• Constellation: Ursa Major
• Location: RA: 14h 27m 17s Dec: 55d 46m 36s Epoch 2000
• Type: Galaxy Cluster

Instrument:

Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope

Focal Ratio:

f7.2 (prime focus)

Camera:

SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)

Exposure:

17 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned

Guiding:

Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.

Date:

May 24, 2006

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS