A face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Cepheus, near its border with Cygnus, about 1/3 to 1/2 as big as the Milky Way, but with a high rate of star formation, making it a spectacular starburst galaxy. About 25 million light-years from Earth and 40,000 light-years in diameter.
William Optics FLT-132 scope @f/7, QSI-583wsg CCD Camera, Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mount, Borg 50mm guide scope, QHY5L-II guide camera
Settings:
Luminance - 28 exposures @ 10 minutes each, bin 1x1; Red and Green - 27 @ 5 minutes, bin 2x2; Blue - 25 @ 5 minutes, bin 2x2
Notes:
Captured with MaxIm DL 5.12, processed with CCDStack2 and Adobe Photoshop CS4
Filesize:
870 KiB
Date added:
Jun 20, 2019
Dimensions:
1115 x 821 pixels
Displayed:
7 times
Color Space:
Uncalibrated
EXIF Offset:
518
EXIF Version:
version 2.31
Image Description:
A face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Cepheus, near its border with Cygnus, about 1/3 to 1/2 as big as the Milky Way, but with a high rate of star formation, making it a spectacular starburst galaxy. About 25 million light-years from Earth and 40,000 light-years in diameter.