Messier 108
Messier 108
  • Description: Galaxy in Ursa Major on the right side of the picture. The nebula on the left is Messier 97. This image is a digital composite of two film images - one colour, one B&W. M108 (NGC3556) is a magnitude 10.7 galaxy measuring at 8.7 x 2.2 arc minutes in size.
  • Film: Hypered Kodak tech Pan, Kodak Ektachrome 200 chilled in a dry-ice cold camera.
  • Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian for both.
  • Exposure: 55 Minutes tech-pan, 40 minutes Ektachrome
  • Location: Willow Creek for tech-pan, Carseland for Ektachrome
  • Date: May 7 1994 for tech-pan, 23 March 1990 for Ektachrome
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