M74 - Spiral Galaxy in Pisces
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M74 - Spiral Galaxy in Pisces |
| Magnitude: 9.40, Surface Brightness: 14.20, Dimension: 10.0'x 9.4' , RA: 1h37m00.67s DE:+15°48'45.7" |
| Optics | Meade 8" LX200 Classic @ f/5.9, guided with a Celestron 80ED @ f/7.5 |
| Mount | LX200 |
| Camera | Starlight Xpress SXV-M7 |
| Filter | Astronomik RGB IIC, IDAS LPR light pollution filter |
| Exposure | 18 x 10 min Luminance 1x1, 8 x 6 min each RGB 2x2 |
| Processing | Acquired in AstroArt3, Deconvolution, DDP. , final work in Photoshop7 |
| Date | 10.05.05 |
| Location | Elk Grove, CA |
| Notes | Seeing and transparency below to average. I am having increased guiding issues, possibly with the extra weight of the CFW. Not sure what to do, but will continue to work on it. This object was very soft as a result of the guiding issues and seeing conditions, but still showed more detail and color than my first effort last year with the MX7-C and STAR2000. |