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M109 Galaxy
M109

M109 in Ursa Major

Technical Details
Telescope: C11
Mount: MI-250
Camera: SBIG ST-10XME
Filters: Astrodon LRGB
Dates: February 19-23, 2007
Exposure: Lum=22x6min (132mins), RGB=6min each, 25 Green, 25 blue, and 20 red subexposures for 552 minutes (9.2hrs) total at -30C
Notes:

This galaxy is about 41 million light years away. This galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy. Also known as NGC3992, this galaxy was discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain.

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