M96 is a spiral galaxy located in constellation Leo. It is approximately 31 million Light-years far from Earth and it has same size and mass as our home – Milky Way. Neighboring galaxies M95 and M105 will be captured next time.
| Telescope: | Newton 254/1000 mm |
| Aperture: | 254 mm |
| Focal length: | 1000 mm |
| Mount: | Gemini GF53f |
| Autoguiding: | Orion Mini, TS 50/160 mm |
| Camera: | Moravian instruments G2 8300M @-30C |
| Corrector: | Baader MPCC |
| Filters: | Baader Ha |
| Exposure: | 33xHa 300s bin 1x1, |
| Date: | 2017-02-27 |
[…] bright galaxies in one shot! M96 on the lower left, which I already captured last year. At that time I didn’t know, that there are other galaxies, which can fit into the field of view […]