M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy





IMAGE INFORMATION OBJECT INFORMATION
Telescope Epsilon E160 on MI-250 Designation M83
Focal Length F/3.3 528mm Position RA 13h 37m DEC -29* 54'
Guiding STV thru Tak FS60-C Type Galaxy
Control MaximDL Magnitude 8
CCD Camera Starlightxpress SXV-H9 Size 14 arcminutes
Image Scale 2.44 arcsec Distance 15 million Light years
Filters Astronomics type II RGB Constellation Hydra
Exposures 8 x 5 min Lum 1x1, 6 x 3 min ea RGB 2x2    
Calibration Flats, Bias only    
Software MaximDL, Photoshop CS2    
Date Texas Star Party May 2007    
NOTES: Very dark skies! My favorite one!