M49 Region in Virgo
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CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL SIZE VIEW (2400x1800) Scope: FSQ-106N refractor at f/5, Location: Blair Valley, Anza Borrego Desert, CA 7 March 2014 Camera: Atik 383L Exposure:
12 x 8 min (1x1 bin) exposure with UV/IR block, 8 x 3.5 min (2x2 bin) RGB
exposures.
Processing: Data
Collection - Artemis Capture (as FITs). Calibrated, stacked (Sigma
Combine) - Deep Sky Stacker. L - RGB channel registration, equalization, central gradient removal -
Astroart. Curves, Levels, L - RGB combine and finishing - Photoshop.
Final color Calibration with eXcalibrator. This image is an LRGB
combine with Luminance layering. Final Image size is
approximately 3352x2532 resized to 2400x1800. North is up in this
image. M49 is the large elliptical galaxy on the right. M49 is one of the bright
galaxies of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies it is about 60 million light years
distant. This field contains other noticeable galaxies as well as many smaller
ones that are more visible on the full size image. Of the medium size
galaxies there are 12 NGC galaxies. The pretty spiral on the left is NGC 4535;
there is a close up image of NGC 4535 on another page
on my website. The edge spiral on the left between two bright stars is NGC 4526
- sometimes called the "Lost Galaxy". The distorted
"S" shaped galaxy above and to the left of M49 is NGC 4488. The edge
spiral galaxy in the upper right is NGC 4469. Horizontal FOV is 115'
Image center is approximately - Equatorial 2000: RA: 12h 32m 11s Dec: +08°08'55"
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