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The Meathook Galaxy

NGC 2442

NGC 2442 HaLRGB

TECHNICAL DATA

ACQUISITION DETAILS

OPTICS Planewave CDK17 @ F/6.8
CAMERA SBIG STXL-11002 (AOX)
MOUNT Paramount ME
FILTERS Ha, L, R, G, B
LOCATION El Sauce Pbservatory, Rio Hurtado, Chile
DATE December 2022 & January 2020
EXPOSURES 48 hours (Ha: 9*1800sec, L: 38*1200sec, R: 21*900sec + 15*1200sec, G: 21*900sec + 15*1200sec, B: 20*900sec + 16*1200sec)
PROCESSING SOFTWARE Pixinsight, Photoshop
COPYRIGHTS Martin Pugh & Nicolas Rolland

NGC-2442-finding-Chart

TARGET DETAILS

RA 07h 36m 21.8s
DEC -69° 31' 48.8"
SIZE 26.8 x 21.1 arcmin
ORIENTATION Up is 359 degrees E of N
CONSTELLATION Vollans
DISTANCE 75 million ly
MAGNITUDE 10.5

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