Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2841
NGC 2841, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 2841

NGC 2841, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 2841

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Description

NGC 2841 is a magnitude 10 spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major, and lies 46 million light years away from us. It has a detailed and unusual flocculent texture in the body of the galaxy. The galaxy has apparent dimensions of 8 by 4 arc minutes, making it a fairly large CCD target.

Date: Mar 2008 Processed July 2018

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Meade LX200R 12 inch at f/10

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: SBIG ST-8XME / CFW-8

Guiding: ST-8XME integral guiding chip controlled by Maxim CCD

Exposure: LRGB: Luminance: 14x6 minutes unbinned; RGB: 8 each binned 2x2 - 5 min for R,G, and 7 min for B for a total of 3.7 hours.

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

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NGC 2841, Frank Colosimo

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