NGC 4536


Object Information:                      NGC 4536
                                                    Mag. -  10.6,
                                                    Constellation - VIrgo,
                                                    Size - Unknown,
                                                    Distance - 79 million light years [estimated],

Imaged at:                                    Mt. Laguna, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California.
                                                    Elevation - 5,500 feet

Equipment:                                   Optics - Takahashi MT-160 6.25" classical Newtonian at f/6.3
                                                    Mount - Astro-Physics 900 GTO,
                                                    Camera - Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) ST-7E  NABG CCD,
                                                    Focal Reducer/Field Flattener - none,

Exposure Information:                  March 30, 2003,
                                                   Sum of 8 exposures of 10 minutes each.
                                                   High Resolution Mode (unbinned pixels),

Image Acquisition Software:       CCD Soft ver. 5,

Image Processing Steps:              Image calibration - AIP for WIndows.  Image registration and stacking - Mira 6.  Final processing - Adobe Photoshop 7.

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