M94 8 April 2005

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Subject	M94
Date	8th April 2005
Telescope or Lens	TEC APO 140
Mount	G11
Camera	ST2000XM
Filters	TT LRGB and Hutech LPR
Total Exposures	L	120 min	R	60 min	G	40 min	B	40 min
Sub exposure	12 x 10 min		6 x 10 min		4 x 10 min		4 x 10 min
Binning	Luminance 1x1 RGB 2x2
Field of view and resolution	Approx 41x 31 Arcminute. 1.56 Arcsec / Pixel

Comments

I found this a difficult galaxy to process. the core is quite bright and this drops off very rapidly towards the outer areas. There is some nice faint detail to bring out in the outer areas and getting the contrast balance right for the core and arms is tricky.