NGC 4631 - The Whale Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy in Canis Venatici with it's neighbor, NGC 4627
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NGC 4631 - The Whale Galaxy Spiral Galaxy in Canis Venatici with it's neighbor, NGC 4627 |
| Magnitude: 12.60, Surface Brightness: 13.60, Dimension: 1.9'x 1.4' , RA: 12h42m51.82s, DE:+19°55'15.6" |
| Optics | 8" LX200 Classic @ f/5.9 |
| Mount | LX200 |
| Camera | Starlight Xpress MX7-C |
| Filter | Baader UV-Ir |
| Exposure | 20 - 6 minute subexposures |
| Processing | Acquired in AstroArt3, Deconvolution, DDP. SGBNR in PixInsight, final work in Photoshop7 |
| Date | 05.01.05 |
| Location | Elk Grove, CA |
| Notes | Seeing and transparency were only fair to poor. This image had the best guiding performance to date with my new SXV guider and NS80 scope. Only minor deconvolution was required. As usual, this object could stand more exposure time, probably about another hour's worth. |