M98 (NGC 4192), Spiral Galaxy type Sb, in Coma Berenices

Spiral Galaxy M98 (NGC 4192), type Sb, in Coma Berenices

Right Ascension = 12h 13m 0.8s (h:m:s), Declination = +14� 54' 00" (deg:m:s)
Magnitude = 10.9, Size = 9.7 x 2.7 (arc minutes), Distance = 60000 (kly)

Note, there are several tiny campanion galaxies in this image.

Optics: Takahashi FS-102 @f8 refractor
Adapter: none
Date: 04/17/2006 Time: 02:51:00 UTC
Exposure: 4 Luminance images of 300 seconds each
Filter: SBIG CFW8-A, Clear
Resolution: 800 x 600, Binned 2x2
Guiding: SBIG ST-2000XM with internal TC-237 guider
Acquisition: SBIG ST-2000XM camera
Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini GOTO
Software: SBIG CCDOPS ver 5.41B6NT
notes: Autodark added to each image. Hot and cold pixel removal, soft DDP, stacked in CCDSoft

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