Barred spiral galaxy M58 in the Virgo Cluster,
photographed by Fred Cieslak on February 19, 2001. This image is a composite
of 4 CCD images: Luminance, L: 72 min, red, R: 20 min, Green, G: 20 min and
Blue, B: 40 min. Taken with a Meade 16in LX200 telescope operating at f/6.3
and SBIG ST8E CCD camera with color filter wheel, within the Kitt Peak Visitor
Center's Advanced Observing
Program.
Credit: Fred Cieslak/Adam Block/AURA/NOAO/NSF
Image of M58 from an anonymous source
Last Modification: 27 Aug 2000, 12:00 MET