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NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy


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NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy

Picture Details:

Optics 24-inch RC Optical Systems Telescope
Camera SBIG STL11000 CCD Camera
Filters Custom Scientific
Dates April 17th and 19th 2009
Location Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
Exposure LRGB = 150:50:50:60 minutes
Acquisition ACP Observatory Control Software (DC-3 Dreams),TheSky (Software Bisque), Maxim DL/CCD (Cyanogen)
Processing CCDStack (CCDWare), Mira (MiraMetrics), Maxim DL (Cyanogen), Photoshop CS3 (Adobe)
Processing Guest Astronomers: Tom Bash and Craig Gates
Credit Line Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona (Board of Regents)
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