Object Notes:

• Constellation: Pegasus
• Location: RA: 23h 04m 54.0s Dec: +12d 19' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 4.0 x 3.1 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 10.9
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ugc 12343

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:

17 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
5 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:

10/29/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS