M74 - Spiral Galaxy in
Pisces - LRGB
M74 (ngc628) - Spiral Galaxy in Pisces. Magnitude 9.4, 11 x 11
arcminutes. Listed as "faint and elusive" in the RASC Observer's
Handbook 2005.
Technical details:
Orion 80mm F/7.5 ED refractor
ST-7E and CFW8
Astrodon CRGB filter set
18x 10 min Luminance channel, 3 x 10 min RGB, all median combined;
self-guided on an AP900QMD
Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
Oct 2, 2005
Ambient temp 15 celcius, CCD temp -15C
Images captured, aligned and Combined in CCDSoft v5.0
Imported into Photoshop CS using FITS Liberator
Levels, High Pass Filter applied in Photoshop CS
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