Messier 61
Intermediate Barred-Spiral Galaxy, Virgo
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AstroPhysics 175EDF f8
AP 3600GTO "El Capitan"
SBIG STT-8300
SBIG FW8G (Guided Filter Wheel)
April 2017. Cave Creek Canyon Observatory, Arizona Sky Village
Equipment:

Telescope:
Mount:
Camera:
Guider:
Filters:

- Luminance (Astrodon) 90x10 mins   = 900 mins
- Red (Astrodon) 25x10 mins                 = 250 mins
- Green (Astrodon) 24x10 mins             = 240 mins
- Blue (Astrodon) 24x10 mins                = 240 mins
 
Total Exposure Time =  27h 10m
Details:
Data Imaged remotely over 10 nights during March & April, 2017.
The small Galaxy to the upper left of M61 is NGC 4301, and to the upper right is NGC 4292.
© 2017, David A. Churchill
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