Object Notes:

• Constellation: Coma Berenices
• Location: RA: 12h 32m 00s Dec: +14d 25' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 6.8 x 3.7 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 9.6
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ngc4501

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:

15 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
5 x 5 minutes each R/G/B 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:

4/05/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS