Observation by Graham Winstanley: M100 in Virgo cluster - widefield

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Graham Winstanley

Observer

Graham Winstanley

Observed

2018 May 05 - 21:57

Uploaded

2018 May 21 - 18:12

Objects

M100

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h17^m
Dec: +16°05'
Position angle: +101°03'

Field size

6°13' × 4°06'

Equipment

Canon 1100d
Pier mounted NEQ6
135mm lens; f3.5
Guiding with ASI120MM, PHD2

Exposure

39 x 200s; ISO 800

Location

Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Target name

Virgo cluster including M100

Title

M100 in Virgo cluster - widefield

About this image

Piggy backed on the ED80 whilst imaging the previous post. The annotated image from astrometry.net shows so many objects that they are overlapped and mostly illegible!

M100 is in the centre close the top edge.

Processed in Pixinsght.

Files associated with this observation

M100 135mm.jpg (962.3 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Peter Carson

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