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| Date: | April, 2011 |
| Location: | Elizabeth, CO. Mag 5.5 skies, alt ~6500 ft |
| Telescopes: |
16" f/4.9 Newtonian, Pegasus Optics primary 6" f/6.9 Newtonian, Parks optics |
| Mount: | MI-500 w/ Astrophysics AP1200 GOTO computer control |
| Exposure Durations: |
Luminance = 240 mins on 16" using a STL-11000M Color = 120 mins on 6" using a ST-4000XCM, concurrently collected during luminance collection |
| Seeing: | ~2.5" |
| Comments: | Processed using Maxim, Registar, CCDStack and Corel's PhotoPaint X4. M86 is the elliptical galaxy at center, M84 is the elliptical galaxy to the right |
Return to the Galaxy Images page or The Bell Observatory homepage or go to SEDS page (astronomical information on M86)