Object Notes:

• Constellation: Canes Venatici
• Location: RA: 13h 55m 41.9s Dec: +40d 28' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 4.2 x 3.4 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 10.6
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ngc 5390

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:

8 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 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:

6/07/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS