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Faiz Ahmad
77.20 W, 39.23 N
03/07/2024
10:45 pm

Equipment Details:

ZWO AM5 mount, ES 102 ED, 294MC pro main camera, 224MC guide, ASIair plus, CLS and Astromania 60mm Guide scope.

Post-processing Details:

40X300s light frames stacked in Siril and further enhance .tif file in GIMP.

Image Details:

Messier 108 (M108), nicknamed the Surfboard Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy lies at an approximate distance of 45.9 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 10.7. It has the designation NGC 3556 in the New General Catalogue.