M85 - Lenticular or Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices
M85 is a lenticular galaxy in the process of transitioning to an elliptical galaxy. It lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster and is 60 million light-years away, is estimated to be 125,000 light-years across, and is interacting with the smaller nearby galaxy NGC 4394.
William Optics FLT-132 refractor, Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, ZWO ASI1600mm CMOS camera, Mini-Borg 50 guide scope, Starlight Express Ultrastar guide camera
Settings:
12 exposures @180 seconds each in Luminance; 12 exposures @300 seconds each in Red, Green, and Blue, all bin 1x1
Notes:
Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding, PHD2; Calibration and stacking, PixInsight 1.8.9; Final processing - PixInsight 1.8.9 and Photoshop CC
Filesize:
870 KiB
Date added:
Aug 01, 2022
Dimensions:
2048 x 1482 pixels
Displayed:
217 times
Color Space:
Uncalibrated
EXIF Offset:
284
EXIF Version:
version 2.31
Image Description:
M85 - Lenticular or elliptical galaxy in Coma Berenices.