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NGC 4245 -- Lenticular Galaxy

Object

Type

Barred Lenticular Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

37M light years

Magnitude

11.4

Size

3.3 x 2.6 arc-min

Notes

NGC 4253 is the galaxy to the upper left of NGC 4245

Image

Date

2009-04-24

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 12/26/2022