M100 - Spiral
Galaxy (in Coma Berenices)
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M100 - Spiral Galaxy, 25.05.2003
(24.05.2003 22:54 - 23:38 UT)
Resolution: 2.36 arcsec/pixel
Camera: Vesta
675SC2 + 0.6FR
Telescope: 8" F6 Orion Europa Newtonian
Result focal ratio: F3.6
Exposure: 55x45s (gain 100%), AMP OFF, DF, FF
Seeing: soft windThe galaxy is 60 millions
light years distant. It is one of the brightest
members of Virgo galaxy cluster.
Processing:
1, 55 frames captured and summed in X2 mode in K3CCDTools
2, histogram stretching and gamma 1.20
3, resized to 2/3 of size in Corel PhotoPaint (without
unsharp masking)
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The same image as above, but
histogram stretching was applied.
Another galaxies - NGC4323, NGC4328 and VCC636
are also visible on the left side.
| Galaxy |
Brightness |
| M100 |
9.4
mag |
| NGC4323 |
13.9
mag |
| NGC4328 |
13.5
mag |
| VCC636 |
~16
mag |
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Last Update: 26.05.2003
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