Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M59
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M59
Object: M59 (NGC4621)
Elliptical Galaxy
 Const.: Virgo
Camera: HX916 Scope: Vixen R200SS Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 27x60s TeleVue Paracorr
The galaxy M59 in Virgo. This image is a stack of 27 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.