Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

  ST-8XME self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.51

Image:

No filter, 135 minutes (27 x 5 minute subs), 01/21/2006

Processing:

CCDSharp, MaxIm DL 4.5, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

Used 27 out of 30 subs for this image. I found that I don't have a good flat for these sequences .... made it tough to process ... needs to be re-imaged.

From the NGC / IC Project:

Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1068

NGC 1068 = M77 = U02188 = MCG +00-07-083 = Arp 37 = Cetus A = PGC 10266
02 42 40.3 -00 00 48
V = 8.9;  Size 7.1x6.0;  SB = 12.8;  PA = 70d

17.5": very bright, moderately large, sharp concentration with an unusually 
bright core, almost stellar nucleus, diffuse slightly elongated halo.  Appears 
mottled at high power and a hint of inner arm structure.  A mag 11 star is 1.3' 
ESE of the center.  This is a Seyfert galaxy and brightest in a group.

8": intense core, faint halo.

- by Steve Gottlieb