| Date/Location |
June 4, 2011 KEASA Observatory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii |
| Camera and Settings |
SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD Camera -10°C |
| Telescope |
Stellarvue SV70 70 mm achromatic refractor f/6 |
| Mount |
Orion Atlas |
| Exposure |
100 min (20 x 5 min) through a 12 nm band pass hydrogen beta filter |
| Processing |
Image Plus 3.0, Photoshop |
| Other |
Located on the boundary of Coma Berenices and Virgo. From northeast to southwest the chain includes NGC4477 (10.3, S), NGC4473 (10.1, E ), NGC4461 (11.0, S), NGC4435 (10.6, S), NGC4438 (10.1, S), M86 and M84 (9.1, E). In parentheses after each, I have included the galaxies’ magnitudes and classification – spiral or elliptical. |
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