All Images Copyright Rod Gallagher                                      Click on image to see full size

NGC 3900 -- Lenticular Galaxy

Object

Type

Lenticular Galaxy

Constellation

Leo

Distance

84.0M light years

Magnitude

11.4

Size

3.5 x 1.9 arc-min

Image

Date

2009-04-21

Place

Texas Star Party

Exposure Data

C 12 mins @ -20C

Clear 12x1 min

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, FocusMax, CCDAutopilot4, PixInsight, PhotoShop CS6

Reprocessed on 12/25/2022