Site and content copyright Robert Allevo 2002-2008
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Stephan's Quintet |
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6 GALAXIES in PEGASUS
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Technical Details |
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| Optics | 12.5" RCOS operating at f/9 (2857mm) |
| Mount | Paramount ME |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XME, CFW8-A |
| Filters | Tru Balance LRGB. |
| Date | Sept. 12, 2006 |
| Exposure | LRGB = 260:40:40:40 minutes |
| Processing | MaximDl, Photoshop CS |
| Guiding | ST-402 - Sky90 |
| Binning | Lum - 1x1, RGB - 2x2 |
| Location | My Skyfoto observatory in East Hartland, Ct. |
| Notes | Five of these galaxies lie about 270 million light years away while the lower blue one to the left in this image is about 35 million light years distant. It just happens to be in the same line of sight. |