Object Notes:

• Constellation: Sagittarius
• Location: RA:19h 44m 54.0s Dec:-14d 48' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 15.4 x 14.2 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 8.8
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: Barnard's Galaxy, ic4895

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:

11 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:

7/12/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS