Object Notes:

• Constellation: Canes Venatici
• Location: RA: 12h 42m 6.0s Dec: +32d 32' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 15.2 x 2.8 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 9.2
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: UGC 7865

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.)
with Astrodon Tru-Balance color filters.

Exposure:

22 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
6 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:

03/02/06 (Luminance), 3/07/05 (Color)

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS