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Name / Constellation

M 98

 Other: NGC 4192; UGC 7231; PGC 39028

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Coordinates AR: 12h 13m 48.3sec - Dec: +14° 54' 01"
Optics Richtey-Chretien Officina Stellare 10"@F8 Carbon Truss
Camera-Mount SBIG ST10XME/CFW10/AO8/VSI Zerotator/Remote Guider - 10Micron GM2000 QCI Mount
Filters Astrodon LRGB TruBalance (Gen 1)
Exposure
  • Luminance
  • Red
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  • 12 x 900 sec - 3hours
  • 5 x 900 sec - 75 min
  • 5 x 900 sec - 75 min
  • 5 x 900 sec - 75 min
  • UNBINNED
  • BINNING 2X2
  • BINNING 2X2
  • BINNING 2X2
Location / Date Promiod (Valle D'Aosta-Italy) - 13 / 14 apr 2013
Seeing 2.2" @ 0.71 arcosec/pixel unbinned
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Acquisition MaxIm DL - CCD Commander
Processing Adobe Photoshop CS4 -
Comment

M 98 is a spiral galaxy discovered by P. Mèchain on 1781; it is a component of the Virgo cluster. Diameter of about 150000 light-years, apparent mag 11 and size 9.8 ' x 2.8'. It's about 60 Mly away. The two galaxies on right are PGC 39002 (up) and NGC 4186 (down).