Imaging telescopes or lenses: TEC 160FL (OTA #30)
Imaging cameras: SBIG STXL-16200
Mounts: Paramount ME II
Guiding telescopes or lenses: TEC 160FL (OTA #30)
Guiding cameras: SBIG STXL-16200
Software: CCDWare CCDAutoPilot 5 · Software Bisque TheSky X · Pisinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Luminance Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 · Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2 · Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 · Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2
Accessory: Starizona Microtouch Autofocuser · Feathertouch Motorized Focuser · SBIG filter wheel STXL-FW8G · Drew buster controler
Dates:Feb. 28, 2020 , April 29, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 16x1200" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2: 13x1200" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 65x900" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2: 12x1200" -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 29.9 hours
Darks: ~75
Flats: ~30
Bias: ~100
Avg. Moon age: 5.18 days
Avg. Moon phase: 27.78%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 2.00
Astrometry.net job: 3628321
RA center: 12h 56' 39"
DEC center: +21° 39' 56"
Pixel scale: 1.070 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 154.963 degrees
Field radius: 0.818 degrees
Resolution: 4284x3452
Locations: Deep Sky West, Rowe, New Mexico, United States
Data source: Amateur hosting facility
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Studies of M64 have revealed that interstellar gas in the outer region of M64 rotates opposite to the gas and stars in the inner region. The inner region has an approximate radius of 3,000 light years and rotates in the same direction as clockwise, while the outer region rotates in a counterclockwise direction, and extends about 40,000 light years, in the region that separates both parts, the formation of new stars proliferates. This feature is believed to be the consequence of the collision with a smaller galaxy.
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