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Name / Constellation

NGC 3359

 Other:

UMa
Coordinates AR: 10h 46m 36.8sec - Dec: +63° 13' 25"
Optics Richtey-Chretien Officina Stellare 10"@F8 Carbon Truss
Camera-Mount SBIG ST10XME/CFW10/ONAG/ST8300 guider - 10Micron GM2000 QCI Mount
Filters Astrodon LRGB TruBalance (Gen 2)
Exposure
  • Luminance
  • Red
  • Green
  • Blue
  • 10 x 900 sec - 2 hours 30 min
  • 7 x 600 sec - 70 min
  • 7 x 600 sec - 70 min
  • 7 x 600 sec - 70 min
  • UNBINNED
  • BINNING 2X2
  • BINNING 2X2
  • BINNING 2X2
Location / Date Promiod (Valle D'Aosta-Italy) "TLP" Remote Observatory - mar / apr 2017
Seeing 1.8" @ 0.71 arcosec/pixel unbinned
Note  
Acquisition MaxIm DL - CCD Autopilot 5
Processing Adobe Photoshop CS5 -
Comment

Spiral Galaxy located 49 Mly from us. It hosts many H-II regions and has been estimated to have over 100 stellar nurseries. Size 7' x 4'. Apparent mag 10.3.