M109 GALAXY on 2024-02-04,06,13,14

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. In the Wide Field View of M109 there are more than 35 additional small galaxies. See if you can zoom in and find them all?

This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas 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.

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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.

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