Observation by David Davies: Messier 88

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David Davies

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2020 Apr 01 - 00:04

Uploaded

2020 Jun 08 - 10:12

Objects

M88

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12h32m
Dec: +14°25'
Position angle: +0°15'

Field size

0°31' × 0°23'

Equipment
  • 8-inch Ritchey-Chretien
  • QSI 683
  • Lodestar
  • Skywatcher EQ8
Exposure

25 x 5-min lum; 10 x 5-min each of RGB

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

Messier 88, NGC 4501

Title

Messier 88

About this image

An image from the start of lockdown in the UK and as the clocks moved forward 1 hour. This was a six-hour imaging session and required constant monitoring of my manually driven dome observatory during that time. I binned the colour data 2 x 2 to try and capture more colours of the faint stars and outer regions of the galaxy.   

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