APOD - October 9, 2009
RA: 20h 23m Dec: +59º 17' Mag: 11.8, Size: 5000(ly), Distance: 2.3 million(ly)
APOD - October 9, 2009
RA: 20h 23m Dec: +59º 17' Mag: 11.8, Size: 5000(ly), Distance: 2.3 million(ly)
Located in the constellation of Cassiopeia IC10 is classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the Local Group of galaxies. It is also referred to as a starburst galaxy and is the most active star formation galaxy in the group. Compared to the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), IC10 has a larger number of Wolf-Rayet stars. IC10 lies near the galactic plane of the Milky Way and due to interstellar matter exhibits a reddening hue. The yellow and green emissions are from older stars. The red filaments are H-alpha regions with active star formations.
| Location & Date |
Backyard, Abbott Observatory - Aug. 25,26 Sept.14,15,17,18, 2009 Temperature - Low 60's F |
| Telescope | Deep Sky Instruments RC10C , F/7.3 on a Losmandy G11 Gemini, Prime Focus, Image scale 0.82 arcsec/pixel |
| Camera |
SBIG ST-2000XM w/CFW8, AO8 Baader LRGB Filters CCD temp -15°C |
| Exposure Times | (L) 40 X 15, (R) 12x15, (G) 8x15,(B) 8x15 Minutes, Bin 1x1 |
| Other Information |
Image planning - CCD Navigator Image acquisition/focus/guiding/dither - CCD Autopilot4 w/CCDSoft/TheSky6/PinPoint |
| Image Processing |
* CCD Stack- Calibration, Normalize, Alignment, Mean Combine, Deconvolution, Mild DDP * Adobe CS4 - L+RGB combine, Levels, Curves, Sharpening, Cropping, NR, JPEG conversion |
