Messier 109 (M109)
Also Known as: NGC 3992
Object Type: Barred Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance from Earth: 83.5 million light years
Apparent Magnitude: 10.6
Coordinates: RA 11H 57M 36.0S DEC 53 deg 22 min 28 sec
Actual Size: 90,000 light years in diameter
Apparent Dimensions: 7.6 arc-minutes x 4.7 arc-seconds
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Environmental Data
Date: March 20, 2021 Start Time: 8:03PM End Time: 2:38AM SQM: 17.01
Moon Age: 6.8 days Moonset: 1:11AM Moon Illumination: 43.6%
Temperature: 43 degrees F Humidity: 56% Dew Point: 28.4 degrees F
Location: Westport, Massachusetts 02790 Sky Condition: Clear
Comment:
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Imaging Scope Data
Mount: iOptron CEM120 Camera: ZWO ASI071 OSC Focuser: Optec QuickSync FT20
Telescope: Celestron 11 inch SCT Edge Focal Length: 1960mm
Focal Reducer/Field Flattener: 0.7 focal reducer Filter: None
Rotator: Pegasus Falcon Rotator Power Control: None Dew Heater: Kendrick dew strip
Imaging Software
Mount: iOptron Commander Focuser: Optec FocusLynx Commander
Imaging: Sequence Generator Pro Platesolve: ASTAP Rotator/Control: Pegasus Unity Platform
Imaging Status
Imaging Software: Sequence Generated Focus HFR 2.6 Platesolve: Good on 3rd attempt
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Guide Scope Data
Telescope: Stellarvue SVX130 refractor Camera: Lodestar X2 Focuser: Optec DirectSync SV35
Dew Heater: Kendrick dew strip Software: PHD2 Exposure: 1 sec Binning: 1x1 Tracking Result: 0.55 arc-seconds RMS
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Images Taken
Number of light frames: 177 Duration: 2 minutes Gain: Unity Gain
Camera Temperature: -20 degrees C Binning: 1x1 F-Stop: 7.0
Total Integration Time: 5.8 hours
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Number of flat frames: 50 Duration: 0.13 seconds Gain: Unity Gain
Camera Temperature: -20 degrees C Binning: 1x1 F-Stop: 7.0
Flat Field Illumination: All-Pro 'Spike-a-Flat Field standard' illuminated panel
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Number of Dark frames: 50 (from library) Duration: 2 minutes Gain: Unity Gain
Camera Temperature: -20 degrees C Binning: 1x1 F-Stop: 7.0
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Number of Bias frames: 50 (from library) Duration: 0.001 seconds Gain: Unity Gain
Camera Temperature: -20 degrees C Binning: 1x1 F-Stop: 7.0
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Imaging Processing
Imaging Processing Software: PixInsight
Processes utilized: Linear - calibration/integration: Flats ImageCalibration with Master Bias, Flat ImageIntegration, Images ImageCalibration with Flat Master & Dark Master, Debayer, SubFrameSelector, StarAlign, ImageIntegration
Linear - Background extraction, Color correction, deconvolution, noise reduction: DynamicCrop, DynamicBackgroundExtraction, ImageSolve, SpectroPhotometricColorCalibration, BlurXTerminator, NoiseXterminator
Non-Linear: GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch script, MultiscaleLinearTransform for sharpening, CurvesTransformation, DynamicCrop, HistogramTransformation
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