M 100 - Mirror Galaxy
Apr 2025
@sharon
Botnang, Stuttgart
Messier 100 is a grand design intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern part of the mildly northern Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster and is approximately 55 million light-years from our galaxy, about 166,000 light-years in diameter. [Wikipedia]
| Filter | UHC LightPollution |
| Lights | 121 |
| Single Exposure | 180 sec |
| Total Exposure | 6 hr 3 min |
| Gain | 101 |
| Offset | 200 |
| Temp (°C) | -10.0 °C |
| Capture Dates | Moon Illumination |
| 01 April 2025 | Waxing Crescent (9.93%) |
| 02 April 2025 | Waxing Crescent (18.21%) |
| 04 April 2025 | Waxing Crescent (38.69%) |
| Camera: | Omegon VeTec571c |
| Telescope: | Omegon Ritchey-Chretien Pro RC203/1624 |
| Reducer: | Skywatcher Flatenner 0.9x Evolux-82ED |
| Guide Camera: | ZWO ASI174MM Mini |
| Guider: | Askar Off-Axis-Guider |
| Mount: | ZWO AM5N |
| Tripod: | ZWO Carbon Fiber Tripod TC40 |
| Filter Wheel: | Svbony SV226 |
| Eaf: | Gemini Automatic Star Focuser Pro |
| Dew Heater: | Svbony SV172 |
| Flat Panel: | WELZK A3 Light Pad |
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