Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M49
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M49
Object: M49 (NGC4472, Arp 134)
Elliptical Galaxy
 Const.: Virgo
Camera: HX916 Scope: Vixen R200SS Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 17x60s TeleVue Paracorr
The galaxy M49 in Virgo. This image is a stack of 17 sixty second exposures using a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian with a coma corrector. The image was calibrated, defect corrected, stacked and gradient corrected, all using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.