Copyright © 2010 Larry Phillips
NGC 4725, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices
Distance: 41 million light years
Size: 100 thousand light years across
Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM
Telescope: Astrophysics Starfire 140 EDT F7.5
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO with Advanced Telescope Systems portable pier
Images: 39 subexposures of 15 minutes each with 10 luminance, 11 red, 6 green, and 12 blue for a total of 9 hours and 45 minutes
Date: April & May 2010
Software: Camera, mount, and guider control - CCD Commander & MaximDL, Calibration and stacking - CCDStack, further processing in Photoshop CS4.