Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M64
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M64
Object: M64 (NGC4826)
The Blackeye Galaxy - Spiral Galaxy
 Const.: Coma Berenices
Camera: SXV-H9 Scope: Vixen R200SS Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 8x8m TeleVue Paracorr
The Blackeye Galaxy, M64 in Coma Berenices. A stack of 8 eight minute exposures using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian with a Paracorr. The image was calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked, and a gammalog stretch was performed using AIP4WINV2. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1374x1035.
 
M64
Object: M64 (NGC4826)
The Blackeye Galaxy - Spiral Galaxy
 Const.: Coma Berenices
Camera: HX916 Scope: AP130 Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 17x60s blank
The Blackeye Galaxy, M64 in Coma Berenices. A stack of 17 one minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. The image was calibrated and stacked, and a simple linear stretch was performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.