Object Notes:

• Constellation: Lynx
• Location: RA: 08h 52m 42s Dec: 33d 25' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 8.8 x 2.5 arc-minutes
• Magnitude: 9.8
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• AKA: ugc4641

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:

10 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:

2/22/06

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS