Object Notes:

• Constellation: Triangulum
• Location: RA: 02h 27m 18.0s Dec: +33d 35' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 10.9 x 6.2 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 10.1
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ugc 1913

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:

18 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