ASTRO IMAGES By Doug Wheeland

   NGC 697 - Galaxy in Aries

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

             IMAGE INFORMATION
22 Sep. 2007
150 min. Total
30 min. Sub-Exposures
Unfiltered
Acquired Using MaxIm CCD

                      PROCESSING
Data Reduction Using CCDStack
Finished Using Adobe Photo Shop

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

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A very nice spiral, this galaxy is perhaps 156 MLY distant.

All Images Copyright Douglas R. Wheeland (c)2007

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