M109 - NGC3992 - 2012-04-27
Astro-Images > Galaxies-Detail
This blue beam is a spike of a 2.4mag bright star of ursa major.
astrophotos © by manfred schwarz
Ursa Major (German: Großer Bär)
Constellation
Barred spiral galaxy
Description
11h 57m 36.0s / +53° 22′ 28″
Sky Coordinates RA / DEC
83.5 ± 24 Mly (25.60 ± 7.36 Mpc)
Officina Stellare RC360AS + Reducer f/6 (f=2160mm)
Distance to Earth
Optic
Camera
SBIG ST-10XE + CFW10 + AO8
Mount
Losmandy HGM Titan
Exposure Time
LRGB 6h15min: L: 50 x 3min, RGB: each 15 x 5min 2x Binning
Date
27th and 30th April 2012
Location
Bucklige Welt, Niederoesterreich (alt. 700m)
Image Processing
PixInsight 1.7
Notes
chip temp. -18°C, very bad transparancy
