Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cetus
• Location: RA: 02h 42m 42s Dec: -00d 01' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 7.3 x 6.3 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 12.8
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ngc1068

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:

6 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
5 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:

10/31/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS