Object Notes:

• Constellation: Aries
• Location: RA: 01h 59m 18.0s Dec: +19d 01' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 7.5 x 4.3 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 10.3
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ugc 1466

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, 4 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:

2/01/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS