NGC5866 - Spiral Galaxy
| Object | Spiral Galaxy (NGC5866), in Draco | |
| Telescope (Photo) | Celestron 8" SCT OTA @ f/6.3 on Celestron CGEM Mount | |
| Telescope (Guiding) | Celestron 8" SCT OTA @ f/6.3 on Celestron CGEM Mount (off-axis) | |
| Camera (Photo) | Canon 50Dh DSLR Camera (Hutech Modified) using ImagesPlus 5.0 Camera Control | |
| Camera (Guiding) | Starlight Express Lodestar w/PHD Guiding | |
| Exposure Detail | 26 images at 300 seconds each, ISO3200; RAW file conversion, full calibration (flat, dark, bias, flat-dark), and image processing using PixInsight 1.8.9 | |
| Location |
Private Property at
Chiefland Astronomy Village, Florida (N29.406, W82.860) |
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| Date | 03/013/2013 (reprocessed 09/14/2024) | |
| Comments | NGC5866 is believed by some astronomers to be the "real" . Due to a recording error by Charles Messier, 's position remains unclear and astronomers generally believe to be a duplicate observation of . However, if the recording error is rationalized, NGC5866 above can be found in the position perhaps intended originally by Messier. |