Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M 51 - "The Whirlpool Galaxy", gigiastro
M 51 - "The Whirlpool Galaxy"
Powered byPixInsight

M 51 - "The Whirlpool Galaxy"

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M 51 - "The Whirlpool Galaxy", gigiastro
M 51 - "The Whirlpool Galaxy"
Powered byPixInsight

M 51 - "The Whirlpool Galaxy"

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

23:00 UT (01:00 Daylight Saving Time)

Extreme light pollution:

darkness of observing site: Bortle's class 8 (naked-eye limiting magnitude: 4.1–4.5)

seeing 3 (Antoniadi)

Resolution: 2601x1726:

cropped central area (2601x1726) from original picture of 5202x3465 resolution

227x30s ISO 1600

10 dark

no flat

no bias

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M 51 - "The Whirlpool Galaxy", gigiastro