Object Details:

• Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major

•  RA:          9 hours 55.6 minutes

•  Dec:         +69 degrees 04 minutes

•  Distance: 4.5 million Light years

•  Size:         26'.9 x 14'.1

•  Mag:        6.9

Image Details:

• Instrument:  Celestron 9.25 SCT @ f/6.3 (1481mm) focal length
• Mount:         Losmandy G11
• Camera:       SBIG ST-2000XM with CFW8 Color Filter 
• Filters & Exposure Times:  
  • L:      72 x 5 minutes binned  1 x 1
  • R:      24 x 5 minutes binned  1 x 1 
    G:      24 x 5 minutes binned  1 x 1 
    B:      72 x 5 minutes binned  1 x 1 
  • Ha:     48 x 10 minutes binned 1 x 1
• Total  exposure time: 20 hours
• Software: CCDStack, Adobe Photoshop
• Location: Saratoga California
• Date: March 29th, 2009

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