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NGC2903

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Leo
  • Location: RA: 09h 32m 12.0s Dec: +21d 30' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 12.0 x 5.6 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 9.0
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: UGC 5079
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 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:
03/02/06 (Luminance), 12/13/04 (Color)
Post Processing:
CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS