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Date/Location May 22 & 29, 2017 KEASA Observatory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii
Camera and Settings SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD camera -5°C
Telescope Astrotech 8-inch f/8 Ritchey–Chrétien with 0.8x focal reducer/field flattener
Mount Paramount MyT German equatorial mount
Exposure 240 min (24 x 10 min)
Processing CCDOpts, Image Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS5
Other Spiral galaxy in constellation Coma Berenices; mag. 9.31, size 6.0 x 5.5 arcmin. Note the numerous smaller galaxies in this image!
M100
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