Whale Galaxy
Whale
Description: Spiral Galaxy
Common Name: Whale Galaxy
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: 4631
IC: N/A
Caldwell: N/A
Sharpless: N/A
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Size: 14.4 x 2.2 Arc Minutes
Visual Magnitude: +8.90
Distance: 24 Million Light Years
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 400
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 7 x 240 seconds
Dark Frames: N/A
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 07/05/2018
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?: No-Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: N/A
Mount Control: N/A
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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