M109 - Galaxy in Ursa Major

Image Details

• LRGB = 192:112:112:112 minutes
• Takahashi FSQ-106ED
• SBIG ST-2000XM w/CFW8A
• Tru-Balance LRGB Filters
• CCDStack V2, Seti Astro Suite Pro, Photoshop CC
• 01/25/2015, 01/26/2015 & 02/13/2015
• Mead, Colorado

"Messier 109 (also known as NGC 3992 or the Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy exhibiting a weak inner ring structure around the central bar approximately 67.2 ± 23 million light-years away in the northern constellation Ursa Major. M109 can be seen south-east of the star Phecda (γ UMa, Gamma Ursa Majoris)." - Wikipedia - Messier 109