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Date/Location March 21, 2021 Jubilee College State Park, Illinois
Camera and Settings SBIG ST-4000XCM CCD Camera -20°C
Telescope William Optics 132mm f/7 apo (with a Televue 0.8x focal reducer/field flattener to yield f/5.6)
Mount Paramount MyT
Exposure 120 minutes (12 x 10 min)
Processing CCDOpts, Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6
Other Four spiral galaxies in Boötes. L-R: NGC5676 (mag. 11.3, 3.5' x 1.6'), IC1029 (mag. 11.5, 2.85' x 0.4'), NGC5673 (mag. 12.2, 2.3' x 0.5'), and NGC5660 (mag. 11.9, 2.6' x 2.4').
NGC5660, 5673, 5676 & IC1029
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