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Date/Location May 7, 2010 Wildwood Pines Observatory, Earl, NC
Camera and Settings SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD Camera -10°C
Telescope Orion 190 mm Maksutov-Newtonian f/5.3
Mount Parallax HD150
Exposure 90 min (9 x10 min)
Processing Image Plus 3.0, Photoshop
Other Spiral galaxy in constellation Virgo; mag. 9.6, size 6.9 x 6.6 arcmin
M61
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