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NGC 3079 NGC 3079

NGC 3079

Link: http://ecb-astro.net/galaxies.php?d=108#a108
Contains: Ngc 3079

Technical card

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Meade LX50

Imaging cameras: Canon EOS 20D

Mounts: Meade Fork on SuperWedge

Focal reducers: Celestron f/6.3 FR/FF

Software: Iris,  GIMP

Resolution: 800x532

Dates: March 5, 2011

Frames: 19x30" ISO800 bin 1x1

Integration: 0.2 hours

Darks: ~13

Flats: ~5

Bias: ~7

Avg. Moon age: 0.12 days

Avg. Moon phase: 0.02%

RA center: 10:01:15.169

DEC center: +55:45:42.982

Pixel scale: 2.65 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -177.60 degrees

Field width: 35.32 arcminutes

Field height: 23.48 arcminutes

Description

NGC 3079 is a fine galaxy in Ursa Major, but is not the goal of this picture. The target is the Twin quasar, near the top at center, just right above the trapeze of stars.
The crop can reveale this object : http://astrob.in/2737/

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