NGC 7640 Barred Spiral Galaxy

NGC 7640 Barred Spiral Galaxy

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Object: NGC 7640 Barred Spiral Galaxy- Constellation Andromeda

Distance: 30 million light years

Date Imaged:  Aug 8, 2015 through Aug 15, 2015

Date Image Processed: Initially Feb 2016, Revised Dec 2017, Final July 2019

Telescope: Orion XT - 12, FLI PDF Focuser, Optec Pyxis Rotator and Televue Paracorr (1725mm Focal Length)

Camera: STT 8300M, FW8-Guider, Operating at -25 deg C sensor temperature

Resolution: 0.89 arc-seconds / pixel

Exposures: 13.5 hours total duration

20 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

20 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

21 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

20 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

 

Brook Mar Observatory

Images of the Cosmos by Brad Bates