Jim Aldrich


5/7/2014 2:14:55 PM
NGC 5248 is part of the Virgo Super Cluster. This galaxy shines at mag 11 and is about 59mly from us. Close to 9 hours of imaging through LRGB filters was taken to produce the photo. Most of the data was acquired during windy & and below average seeing conditions.

Journey's End Observatory
Planewave CDK-17
Paramount ME-II
SBIG STXL-11002M Camera
SBIG STXL-FW8G Guided Filter Wheel
AO-X Adaptive Optics


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Beautiful shot Jim!
-Pat Holland
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