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The Details |
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Object |
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici |
Optics |
12.5" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien at f/6.9 |
Platform |
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO |
Camera |
SBIG ST-10XME |
Filters |
Tru-Balance Luminance Filter |
Date |
18 and 19 April 2009 |
Location |
Mount Wilson Observatory, Mount Wilson CA |
Exposure |
L 42 x 600 sec 1x1 bin (7 hours) |
Software |
Maxim DL/CCD, CCDStack, Photoshop CS4 |
| Orientation | Field of View: 16'47"' x 13'13" centered on RA 13h29m54s DEC+47°12’34” (2000.0) . North angle 91.23 °; east 90° CCW from north |
| Notes | M51 is located about 31 million lights years from earth. This beautiful face-on spiral and its companion, NGC 4199 are gravitationally bound and locked in a deep space dance. Lord Rosse observed this object with his 72 inch speculum reflector from Birr Castle, Ireland in 1845 and was the first to report it having a spiral structure. This image is a work in progress with only 7 hours of luminance data processed to date. There are 6 hours of RGB data yet to be blended into the final composite. |
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