Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi

NGC 4244
                   Edge on Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici                   
LRGB Image

Copyright 2008
Keith B Quattrocchi

Image Acquisition Information                      
 
Telescope: 16" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9) 
Camera: SBIG STL-6303 M
Guiding: SBIG AOL,  Astrodon MOAG AOG (SBIG 237 with FLR)
Filters: Astrodon L. R. G, B
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME
Acquisition Programs:  The Sky,CCDAutopliot III, CCD Soft. 
Processing Programs: CCDStack, Maxim DL, Photoshop
Date: May 3 - May 10, 2008                              
Time: 18x20 min ( 6 hours) each for L, R, G, B: total 24 hrs                           
Processing:  CCD Stack and PhotoShop CS/3
 
Image Information:  This is a small, faint (magnitude 10.7) edge on galaxy approximately 7-8 million light years away.  It is part of a group of galaxies known as the Canes I group. 
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Additional Comments:  Image processing with CCDStack, producing an RGB.  The RGB and Luminance images were combined in Photoshop CS/3 (soft light option).   Further data stretching, high pass filtering and background smoothing (Kodak Gem) performed with Adobe Photoshop CS/3.