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Object: Tadpole Galaxy- Constellation Draco

Distance: 420 million light years

Date Imaged: May 15, 2020 through June 6, 2020

Date Image Processed: June-July 2020

Telescope: TPO 16 inch Ritchey Chretian Telescope with Takahashi Reducer (.80x)

Image Train: FLI PDF Focuser, Pyxis Rotator

Focal Length: 2616 mm

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, Operating at -30 deg C sensor temperature

Resolution: 0.43 arcsec/pixel

Exposures: 26.7 hours total duration

52 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

32 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 2x2

39 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 2x2

38 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 2x2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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