Observation by Stewart Bean: M88/AL Com field

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Stewart John Bean

Observer

Stewart Bean

Observed

2019 Apr 29 - 05:32

Uploaded

2019 Apr 30 - 17:46

Objects

M88

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h31^m
Dec: +14°24'
Position angle: +90°04'

Field size

3°53' × 2°35'

Equipment

106 mm refractor
T14 itelescope
New Mexico
V filter
defocussed

Exposure

300 s

Location

Mayhill, New Mexico

Target name

AL Com

Title

M88/AL Com field

About this image

Following up on the M88/AL Com challenge using a V filter and defocussed image. AstroImageJ gives 14.38 for the magnitude.

Files associated with this observation

M88 AL COM-20190428-003200-V-BIN1-W-300-001.jpg (315.9 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Andy Wilson, Nick Hewitt, Mike Foylan, Miguel Araújo, Andrew Dumbleton, Dr Paul Leyland

Comments

Jeremy Shears, 2019 Apr 30 - 18:20 UTC

Good to see you've started a Members' Page Stewart!

Lovely widefield image. I hope you will continue to monitor AL Com.

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