ASTRO IMAGES By Doug Wheeland

   NGC  2805 - Galaxy in Ursa Major

                     EQUIPMENT
Telescope ----  12.5" RCOS RC at 114" FL
Mount --------  Astro-Physics AP1200
Camera -------  SBIG ST8E/CFW8
Guided -------  SBIG AO7

             IMAGE INFORMATION
12 Mar. 2007
120 min. Total
30 min. Sub-Exposures
Unfiltered
Acquired Using MaxIm CCD

                      PROCESSING
Data Reduction Using MaxIm DL
Finished Using Adobe Photo Shop

                        LOCATION
Star Ranch Road Observatory
South Western Colorado Springs
Elevation 6500 Feet

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This galaxy is very faint although it is close in at perhaps 85 MLY.  It is interacting with NGC 2814, 2820 and IC 2458.

All Images Copyright Douglas R. Wheeland (c)2007

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