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M64 (Black Eye Galaxy)
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Image Details:
- Camera: Mofidied Canon Rebel XT (350D): Hutech Type I Filter Replacement
- Mount: Celestron AS-GT
- Scope: Celestron C8-N (8" f/5 Newtonian)
- Configuration: Prime Focus
- Additional Optics: Celestron/Baader Multi Purpose Coma Corrector (MPCC)
- Filter: None
- Effective Focal Length: 1000mm
- Effective Focal Ratio: f/5
- Exposure: 32 x 8min @ ISO 400
- Total Exposure: 4hrs, 16min
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- Date: 5/17/2007 9:38:43 PM PDT (Start)
- Location: Saratoga, CA, USA
- Acquisition: DSLRfocus
- Focus: DSLRFocus
- Dithering: GADFly 1.0.5
- Guiding: GuideDog via Philips ToUcam Pro II (840k) through Orion ST80 w/ Celestron 2x "Kit" Barlow
Processing:
- IRIS: Dark subtraction, registration, gradient removal
- JimP: Flat field, Kappa-Sigma Stacking, White balance, ASINH stretching
- Photoshop: Sharpening, cropping, JPG conversion
Image Description:
This is M64, aka, the “Black Eye Galaxy”, a spiral seyfert galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Seyfert galaxies have an active galactic nucleus containing a supermassive black hole. A higher resolution image is also available. North is up.