M98

M98 is a very nice tilted spiral in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It is a quite large (9.7x2.7) and bright at mag 10.8, making it a nice ccd target. This shot was taken at Chiefland under hazy, but steady skies.

Image info:

12"LX200 on a Losmandy Titan Mount

Starlight Express
MX7C

13x4 mins

f/4.0

Stacked and processed in Astroart

guided with a Mintron 12V1 on a piggybacked 80mm Stellarvue 78L f/9.6 refractor

6.29.03

Chiefland