Messier 66 - NGC 3627

• TYPE:  Galaxy, Type SAB(s)b II
• RA: 11h 20.2m
• DEC:  +12degrees 59'
• SIZE:  8.2' X 3.9'
• VISUAL MAGNITUDE:  8.9
• SURFACE BRIGHTNESS:  12.5
• CONSTELLATION:  Leo
• DISTANCE:  25 Million Light Years
• DIAMETER:  65 Thousand Light Years

IMAGING INFORMATION

• TELESCOPE: RCOS Carbon fiber 10 inch R/C reflector, on a Parramount GT1100
• REDUCER/CORRECTOR:  None / operating at 9.0 FL
• CAMERA:  Santa Barbara Instruments Group, ST-8XME Digital (Thermoelectrically cooled)
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS:  None, Off-axis guiding with a ST402XME and a Astro Don ROAG
• FILTER(S):  Astro Don LRGB
• CCD COOLING TEMPERATURE:  -20 C
• BINNING/RESOLUTION:  2 X 2 (765 X 510) LRGB resized to 1530x1020
• EXPOSURE TIME:  5 min. Luminance,Red, Green, Blue.
• NUMBER OF IMAGES:  12, 12, 12, 12
• FILM SPEED:  N/A
• DATE/TIME:  12-31-2008 / 08:24:12.468 UTC
• LOCATION:  Valley Center, California
• TEMPERATURE:  52 degrees
• HUMIDITY:  51%

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