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Object: NGC 4631 Barred Spiral Galaxy - Constellation Canes Venatici

Distance: 30 Million light years

Date Imaged:  Dec 29, 2014 through Jan 3, 2015

Date Image Processed: Initially Feb 2016, Final July 2019

Telescope: Orion XT - 12 and Televue Paracorr (1725mm Focal Length)

Camera: STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, Operating at -25 deg C sensor temperature

Resolution: 0.89 arc-seconds / pixel

Exposures: 3.7 hours total duration

6 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

3 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

7 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

6 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

2 Halpha - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1 (Not Used)