Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: M61

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2026 Apr 07 - 21:00

Uploaded

2026 Apr 12 - 13:45

Objects

M61

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 12^h22^m
Dec: +04°29'
Position angle: -24°13'

Field size

0°18' × 0°11'

Equipment

Telescope: 20" f/4 Obsession Dobsonian; Paracorr coma corrector
ASI294MMPro with LRGB filtare

Exposure

4x150 frame live stacks for each filter; 2s exposure, gain 450, temp 1C, dark and flats corrected

Location

Miradoux, S.W. France

Target name

M61

Title

M61

About this image

Images captured with SharCapPro, processed with GraXpert (Crop, gradient removal, denoising); Siril (colour calibration, deconvolution), Affinity Photo (various adjustments) and Seti Astro's Cosmic Clarity

Files associated with this observation

M61 M Greenhill-Hooper_3_ 070426.jpg (243.4 kB)

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