Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cetus
• Location: RA: 00h 47m 6.0s Dec: -20d 46' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 21.0 x 5.6 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 9.1
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ESO 540-22

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:

12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 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:

9/11/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS