Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 5061, Bennett 59 |
| Object type | Elliptical galaxy |
| Coordinates | 13 h 18 min - 26° 50' Hydra (Hya) |
| Description | A nondescript neighbour to the
attractive pair NGC 5078 - IC 879. The
bright star above shines at mag 8.9
North is towards the right in this 15 x 10 arcmin field of view. |
| Exposure | CRGB 90:30:30:30 min @ -15°C, RGB exposures binned 2x2 |
| 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, PixInsight Beta V.1.132, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 31May05 @ 03:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 7/10, Seeing 7-8/10, Temperature + 14° C |