M51 Whirlpool Galaxy ( Stan Smith )

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: IC 4263 · IC 4278 · M 51 · NGC 5194 · NGC 5195 · Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Stellarvue SVX130T
Imaging Cameras: Atik 490EX Mono
Mounts: iOptron GEM45
Filters: Chroma Blue · Chroma Green · Chroma Red
Accessories: Stellarvue SFFX1 · ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm · ZWO OAG (Off-Axis Guider) · SkyShed Roll-off
Software: Adobe Photoshop · Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro (SGP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Guiding Cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2

Dates:: May 6, 2021 · May 7, 2021
Frames:: Chroma Blue: 32×300″(2h 40′) bin 1×1
Chroma Green: 32×300″(2h 40′) bin 1×1
Chroma Red: 32×300″(2h 40′) bin 1×1
Integration:: 8h
Avg. Moon age:: 25.19 days
Avg. Moon phase:: 20.00%

RA center: 13h29m52s.641

DEC center: +47°11′40″.50

Pixel scale: 0.812 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 171.261 degrees

Field radius: 0.439 degrees

More info:Open

Resolution: 2951x2539

File size: 3.6 MB

Locations: DarkSky Observatory (In My Back Yard), Westminster, SC, United States

Data source: Backyard

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Distribution of data sources

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
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Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
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The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

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Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Dismissals Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

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Astrometry.net job	4487112
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RA (center)	13h29m52s.641
RA (top/left)	13h28m12s.494
RA (top/right)	13h32m03s.529
RA (bottom/right)	13h31m34s.830
RA (bottom/left)	13h27m40s.573

Dec (center)	+47°11′40″.50
Dec (top/left)	+46°51′37″.59
Dec (top/right)	+46°57′39″.50
Dec (bottom/right)	+47°31′37″.76
Dec (bottom/left)	+47°25′33″.90

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