AstroBin - M51 first try (zambonikane)

M51 first try

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Imaging telescopes or lenses: Orion Newton 8" f/4.9

Imaging cameras: Pentax K-x

Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-G

Software: PK tether, DeepSkyStacker, photoshop

Accessories: Asus Asus eee pc

Resolution: 2162x1848

Dates: March 11, 2012

Locations: French Creek State Park

Frames: 47x45"

Integration: 0.6 hours

Avg. Moon age: 17.69 days

Avg. Moon phase: 90.62%

RA center: 00:21:00.778

DEC center: -12:52:04.731

Pixel scale: 1.30 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -55.83 degrees

Field width: 47.05 arcminutes

Field height: 40.35 arcminutes

This is 47*45s at iso 800 of M51 taken from my driveway. This is my first go round with this target and due to poor polar alignment, the best I could manage. I am looking forward to getting more time on this object in the future in order to reduce the noise.