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Edge on Galaxy NGC 4565

About this object

NGC 4565 is a bright and edge on spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. This is a first light image with the prototype Stellarvue SV152T 6” refractor using a Stellarvue reducer flattener. The scope was operating at a focal length of 910mm or f6.
Image Details

  • Optics : Stellarvue SV 152T triplet refractor
  • Mount: Paramount MYT
  • Camera: QSI 583
  • Filters: Astrodon 31mm LRGB
  • Exposure: LRGB: 50:90:70:80
  • Camera/Mount Control: The Sky X, CCD Auto Pilot 5
  • Guiding: SX Lodestar
  • Processing: PixInsight 1.8,
  • Location: SDR star party Okeechobee FL
  • Date: Jan 2017
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