Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M99
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M99 Region
Object: M99 (NGC4254)
Spiral Galaxy
 Const.: Coma Berenices
Camera: STL11000M Scope: Vixen VC200L Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 6x8m
Binned 2x2
This image shows the region around the galaxy M99 in Coma Berenices. M99 is the bright face-on spiral in the lower right. The two edge-on spirals on the left areNGC4302 and NGC4298. The image is a stack of 6 eight minute exposures using an 8" f/9 corrected Cassegrain reflector. The image was calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked, and a simple gamma stretch was performed using AIP4WINV2. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1781x1336.
 
M99
Object: M99 (NGC4254)
Spiral Galaxy
 Const.: Coma Berenices
Camera: HX916 Scope: AP130 Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 9x60s blank
The galaxy M99 in Coma Berenices. A stack of 9 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.