Messier 74 - NGC 628

"The Phantom"

• TYPE:  Spiral Galaxy, Type SA(s)c  I
• RA: 01h 36.7m
• DEC:  +15degrees 47'
• SIZE:  11.0' X 11.0'
• VISUAL MAGNITUDE:  9.4
• SURFACE BRIGHTNESS:  14.4
• CONSTELLATION:  Pisces
• DISTANCE:  20 Million Light Years
• DIAMETER:  58 Thousand Light Years

IMAGING INFORMATION

• TELESCOPE:  RCOS Carbon fiber 10 inch R/C reflector, on a Parramount GT1100
• REDUCER/CORRECTOR:  None / operating at 9.0 FL
• CAMERA:  Santa Barbara Instruments Group, ST-8XME Digital (Thermoelectrically cooled)
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS:  None,
• FILTER(S):  Astro Don LRGB
• CCD COOLING TEMPERATURE:  -15 C
• BINNING/RESOLUTION:  1X1 (1530X1020) L ,2 X 2 (765 X 510) RGB resized to 1530x1020
• EXPOSURE TIME:  60mins. L, 60 mins each RGB. ( 240 mins total)
• NUMBER OF IMAGES:  48
• FILM SPEED:  None
• DATE/TIME:  10-21-2006 / 06:10:25.124 UTC
• LOCATION:  Valley Center, California
• TEMPERATURE:  nknown
• HUMIDITY:  Unknown

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