Michael Purcell's Astrophotography

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NGC4038/9
(Caldwell 60/61)
The Antennae

(Click on the picture above to go to the main image.)

The Antennae are a pair interacting galaxies. If you adjust the contrast and brightness of your monitor you will be able to see two streams, or "rat tails", of stars streaming upward and downward from the galaxies.

I took this picture in New Mexico.

Constellation	Corvus
Right Asc (hh:mm:ss)	12:01:54
Declination(deg:sec)	-18:52
Magnitude	10.7
Size (ArcMin)	2.4
Tirion SkyAtlas 2000	#14
Uranometria 2000	#328

CCD Camera Parameters

ST-7 Compressed Image
File_version = 3
Data_version = 1
Exposure = 15 minutes
Focal_length = 80.000
Aperture = 43.0000
Response_factor = 2000.000
Note = Image taken 04/14/96 at 01:05:28
Background = 250
Range = 352
Height = 510
Width = 765
Date = 04/14/96
Time = 01:05:28
Exposure_state = 100
Temperature = -19.98 C
Number_exposures = 1
Each_exposure = 15 minutes
History = dFEK
Observer = Non abg CCD
X_pixel_size = 0.0090
Y_pixel_size = 0.0090
Pedestal = 0
E_gain = 2.30
User_1 = CCDOPS for DOS Version 3.50B4
Filter = Red
Readout_mode = 0
Track_time = 600
Sat_level = 16383

This page last updated on Aug 3, 1996 Contact Michael Purcell