M 90 (NGC 4569) Galaxy in Virgo
Located at: RA 12 hours 36 minutes 50 seconds, Dec +13 degrees 09 minutes 48 seconds
Size: 9.6' x 4.3'; Magnitude: 10.3 blue; Class: SAB(rs)ab
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 480 minutes (48 x 10 minute subs), 05/23/24/2009; seeing 2.1-3.4 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
From the
NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4569 NGC 4569 = M90 = U07786 = MCG +02-32-155 = CGCG 070-192 = Arp 76 = PGC 42089 12 36 49.9 +13 09 44 V = 9.5; Size 9.5x4.4; SB = 13.4; PA = 23d 17.5": bright, large, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, sharp concentration as suddenly increases to a bright stellar nucleus (possibly a superimposed star), fairly even surface brightness to halo. IC 3583 lies 6' NNW. - by Steve Gottlieb |