Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi
NGC 4244
Edge on Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
LRGB Image
Copyright 2008
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.
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.
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