Observation by David Swan: Messier 109

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David Swan

Observer

David Swan

Observed

2018 Feb 17 - 20:02

Uploaded

2018 Feb 17 - 21:31

Objects

M109

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h57^m
Dec: +53°22'
Position angle: +124°45'

Field size

0°15' × 0°10'

Equipment

200mm SCT @ f/6.3
ASI178MM
Baader UV+IR cut
FireCapture, DeepSkyStacker, FITS Liberator and Photoshop

Exposure

100 x 5s

Location

Tynemouth, UK

Target name

M109

Title

Messier 109

About this image

What an amazing sight.

The BAA's President Callum Potter highlights this very object in this month's edition of a well-known UK astronomy magazine. :)

Files associated with this observation

m109d17feb20128t200203.png (736.1 kB)

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Ian Rothwell, Nick Hewitt, Jeremy Shears, Peter Carson

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