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Object: M 104 Sombrero Galaxy- Constellation Virgo

Distance: 31 Million light years

Date Imaged: Mar 7 - 28, 2021

Date Image Processed: Jun 2021

Telescope: 16 inch Ritchey Chretian Telescope

Image Train: FLI PDF Focuser, Optec Pyxis Rotator

Focal Length: 3250 mm

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, AO8 (Adaptive Optics device) Camera Sensor at -30 deg C

Resolution: 0.34 arcsec/pixel

Exposures: 23.8 hours total duration

50 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

32 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

31 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

30 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

 

 

 

 

 

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