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M85 - Lenticular Galaxy

Object

Type

Lenticular Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

60M light years

Magnitude

9.1

Size

7.1 x 5.5 arc-min

Notes

NGC 4394 is the Barred Spiral Galaxy to the left of M85

Image

Date

2012-04-17

Place

Texas Star Party

Exposure Data

C 30 mins @ -15C

C 6x5

Notes

All filters binned 2x2

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi TOA-150

Focal Length

1100 mm @f/7.3

Mount

Paramount ME

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

RoboFocus

Filters

CFW-10, AstroDon CRGB

Software

TheSky6, CCDSoft, CCDAutopilot4, CCDStack 2+, PixInsight, PhotoShop CS6

Reprocessed on 07/02/2023