Object Notes:

• Constellation: Pegasus
• Location: RA: 00h 03m 18.0s Dec: +16d 08' 59" Epoch 2000
• Size: 4.7 x 2.4 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 10.6
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ugc 8

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
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:

9/06/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS