| Photo ID |
252 |
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| Title |
M51 |
| Caption |
To date, I think this is the best I've done with my own equipment. A new shot of M51 |
| Object Name |
Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy |
| Messier Desig |
M 51 |
| NGC Desig |
NGC 5194 |
| Other Desigs |
Whirlpool Galaxy |
| Right Ascension |
13Hr
29'
52.70" |
| Declination |
47°
11'
43.00" |
| Magnitude |
8.40 |
| Scope Used |
Orion 8" f/3.9 Imaging Newtonian |
| Camera Used |
SBIG STF-8300C |
| Photo Notes |
12 x 300s one-shot-color, calibrated and stacked in the new DeepSky Stacker 4 (64 bit version), and post-processed using Pseudo-LRGB in Photoshop CS4 |
| Object Type |
Spiral Galaxy |
| Distance (ly) |
23Mly |
| Constellation |
Canes Venatici |
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