M109 GALAXY on 2024-02-04+06+13+14
This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas, under Bortle 5.9 skies, through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. The processing was done with PixInsight. The total image acquisition time is: 14 hrs 21 min 00 sec. The processing was done with PixInsight. Full Size View Full size files are very large and can take a minute to download. After downloading the full-size picture to zoom in or out on a computer hold down the Ctrl key and use the scroll mouse button, or you can press the + or - key. Wide Field View
M109, or Messier 109, is a member of a group of roughly
80 galaxies known as the Ursa Major Galaxy Cluster and located within the
constellation Ursa Major. M109 is a barred spiral galaxy and is home to about
one trillion stars. The galaxy is approximately 60 million light-years away from
the Earth.
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OBJECT = M109
TELESCOPE = 17.5 inch f3.23
CAMERA = ST-7E
OBSERVER = Rusty Fletcher
LOCATION = Fort McKavett, Texas
DATE (Yr-Mo-Dy) = 2007-03-18
TIME (UT) = 5:14:57
IMAGES STACKED = 12
INDIVIDUAL EXPOSURES = 60 sec.
TOTAL EXPOSURE TIME = 720 sec.
