Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 96  ·  NGC 3368
M96, Frank Colosimo
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M96

M96, Frank Colosimo
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M96

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Description

M96 (NGC 3368) is a magnitude 9.2 spiral galaxy in Leo. It has an apparent size of 6 x 4 arc minutes, and is estimated to be 38 million light years away. It is the brightest member of the Leo I group (also called the M96 group) of galaxies.

Imaging data:

Date: March 21,22,23 2009 - processed Dec 2018

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Meade LX200r-14 at f/7.9 28llmm

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera/Filters: Apogee Alta U8300 FLI CFW-2-7 FLI Filters

Guiding: Orion Starshoot Autoguider in NP101

Exposure: Luminance: 27x5 minutes binned 2x2, R:13x5 min G:13x4 min B:14x6 min all binned 3x3 for a total of 5.6 hours (67 subs at avg of 301 sec)

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing using Photoshop.

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