Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M91
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M91
Object: M91 (NGC4548)
Spiral Galaxy
Const.: Coma Berenices
Camera: HX916 Scope: Vixen R200SS Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 57x30s TeleVue Paracorr
The galaxy M91 in Coma Berenices. This image is a stack of 57 thirty second exposures using a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian with a Paracorr and an IR-blocking filter. The image was calibrated, defect corrected, stacked and gradient corrected, then a simple linear stretch was performed, all using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1280x1000.