Object Notes:

• Constellation: Andromeda
• Location: RA: 00h 40m 22.5s Dec: +41d 41' 11" Epoch 2000
• Size: 19.5 x 11.5 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 8.1
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ngc205

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:

18 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
6 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all binned 3x3

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:

10/05/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS