M 82 - Irregular Galaxy

Ursa Major

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Irregular Galaxy

M 82 - Irregular Galaxy - North is Up
Date: Mar 27, 2010 Time: 00:30 CST Location: Haltom City Tx
Instrument: 253mm F/9 Ritchey Chretien Mount: AP1200GTO Guiding: ST10/AO8 - Internal Guide Chip
Extra Hardware: Seeing: Good Transparency: Fair
Camera: SBIG ST10XME Filter Wheel: Internal Filter: AstroDon L
Exposure: 27 x 300 Seconds L Camera Control: MaximDL 4.11 Processing: CCDStack, PSCS2
Image Center: RA 09h 56m 35s, Dec +69d 38m 56s, Pos Angle +272.7d'
Effective Focal Length 2290.4 mm ~ .61" per Pixel
Notes: Calm. Temp ~50 Degrees F. Guiding was ~ 1 arc second