Leo I (UGC 5470) Galaxy in Leo
Located at: RA 10 hours 08 minutes 28 seconds, Dec +12 degrees 18 minutes 27 seconds
Size: 9.8' x 7.4'; Magnitude: 11.2 blue; Class: E3 (dG D~)
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20 &-25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 740 minutes (74 x 10 minute subs), 03/13 & 04/16/17/18/2009; seeing 2.4-3.9 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
This little Dwarf galaxy in Leo possess a challenge for both imaging and viewing ... it is just over 20 minutes due North of magnitude 1.4 Regulus (Alpha Leonis) |