M96

galaxies

Although M96 is comparable to the Milky Way in terms of size, is a relatively small galaxy from our vantage point at about 35 million light years away (compared to Andromeda, for example, which is larger than our Milky Way and less than 3 million light years away).

This image consists of 8 R, G, and B images of 10 minutes each taken on a QSI683, Edge 11” SCT with .7x focal reducer.

Resolution ........ 0.571 arcsec/pix
Rotation .......... -171.034 deg
Focal ............. 1949.76 mm
Pixel size ........ 5.40 um
Field of view ..... 30' 29.8" x 23' 9.3"
Image center ...... RA: 10 46 43.967  Dec: +11 48 40.85