Image Details

OBJECT: NGC 7479 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus
DATE IMAGED: Several nights August and September 2005
EQUIPMENT USED: 12.5" RCOS @ f/9 ST-10XME + CFW-8 with Astrodon Filters AP 1200 GOTO

Exposure Details

LUM:    15 x 600sec R:     5 x 600sec G:     5 x 600 sec B:     5 x 600sec
Notes:
Luminance Images obtained with unbinned pixels, all colour exposures obtained at 2x2 binning, Processed in Maxim CCD and Photoshop CS2. Russell Croman's GradientXterminator was used to tame the gradients due to the low position of this Galaxy in UK skies.