Messier 77  - NGC 1068

• TYPE:  Spiral Galaxy, Type (R)SAB(rs)abI
• RA: 02h 42.7'
• DEC:  +00degrees 01'
• SIZE:  8.2' X 7.3'
• VISUAL MAGNITUDE:  8.9
• SURFACE BRIGHTNESS:  13.2
• CONSTELLATION:  Cetus
• DISTANCE:  30 Million Light Years
• DIAMETER:  61 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: 1X1 (1530X1020) L ,2 X 2 (765 X 510) RGB resized to 1530x1020
• EXPOSURE TIME:  100mins. L, 50 mins each RGB. ( 300 mins total)
• NUMBER OF IMAGES:  40
• FILM SPEED:  N/A
• DATE/TIME:  09-14-07 / 08:20:15.603 UTC
• LOCATION:  Valley Center, San Diego County, California
• TEMPERATURE:  66 degrees
• HUMIDITY:  50%

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