NGC 5701

NGC 5701, a barred galaxy in the constellation Virgo

NOTE: This object needs a lot more data to get a really nice image

Size: 85 million light years
Camera: SBIG ST-10XME
Telescope: Astrophysics Starfire 140 EDT F7.5
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO with Advanced Telescope Systems portable pier
Images: 13 subexposures of 15 minutes each with 3 luminance, 4 red, 4 green, 2 blue for a total of 3 hours and 15 minutes
Date: June 2010
Software: Camera, mount, and guider control - CCD Commander & MaximDL, Calibration and stacking - CCDStack, further processing in Photoshop CS4.