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Messier 99 |
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DESCRIPTION M99 was discovered on March 15, 1781 by Messier's colleague and friend, Pierre Méchain, together with the nearby situated M98 and M100. Charles Messier measured its position and included it in his catalog on April 13, 1781, immediately before finishing the third, final published edition. Constellation: Coma Berenices - Distance: 60 Million Light Years RA: 12h 18.8m - DEC: +14d 25m - Magnitude: 9.9 - Apparent Size: 5.4' x 4.8' |
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| Date Taken: 04-09-05 and 05-11-05 Telescope: Celestron 9.25 SCT @ f/10.4 (.55" pixel scale) Camera: SBIG ST10XME Filters: Astrodon True Balance LRGB Guider: Self Guided Rotator: Optec Pyxis Mount: AP900GTO |
Aquired with TheSky6 > CCDSoft5 > CCDAutoPilot2 Lum Data: Calibrated, Registered and Combined with CCDStack Beta RGB Data: Calibrated, Registered and Combined with Mira Pro Deconvolution: CCDStack Beta Post Processing: PixInsight and Photoshop CS |
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