Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 4699, Bennett 54, Best 108 |
| Object type | Type SBb spiral galaxy |
| Coordinates | 12 h 49 min - 08° 40' Virgo (Vir) |
| Description | Visually this fine spiral is
often mistaken for a structureless elliptical galaxy. Only long
exposures bring out the spiral arms and interesting bar-like detail near
the very bright core. Distance from earth to this distant Virgo galaxy
group member is estimated at 60 million light years.
North is down in this 15 x 10 arcmin field of view. |
| Exposure | LRGB 70:30:30:30 min @ -15°C, all exposures 10 min unbinned |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XE selfguided + CFW8 with Astrodon CRGB filterset |
| Optics | RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 (prime focus) |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta 11, Registar, CCDSharp, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 02May05 @ 02:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 6/10, Seeing 5/10, Temperature + 15° C |
