Imaging telescope or lens:GSO 8" f/5 Newton
Imaging camera:Moravian G2-8300FW
Mount:SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Goto
Guiding telescope or lens:GSO 8" f/5 Newton
Guiding camera:Astrolumina Alccd5L-IIc
Focal reducers:Pal Gyulai GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector 4-element, TS Coma corrector 2"
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, FitsWork 4, Adobe PhotoShop CS5, DeepSky Stacker Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.4, PHD2 Guiding
Filters:Baader B 1.25'' CCD Filter, Baader G 1.25'' CCD Filter, Baader R 1.25'' CCD Filter, Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm, Hutec IDAS LPS-D1
Accessory:TSOptics TS Off Axis Guider - 9mm
Resolution: 3351x2483
Dates:March 8, 2016, March 14, 2018
Frames:
Hutec IDAS LPS-D1: 33x300" -20C bin 1x1
Baader B 1.25'' CCD Filter: 18x300" -30C bin 2x2
Baader G 1.25'' CCD Filter: 18x300" -30C bin 2x2
Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm: 5x600" -20C bin 1x1
Baader R 1.25'' CCD Filter: 18x300" -30C bin 2x2
Integration: 8.1 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~25
Bias: ~65
Avg. Moon age: 27.75 days
Avg. Moon phase: 4.85%
Astrometry.net job: 1969933
RA center: 202.453 degrees
DEC center: 47.210 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.553 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 41.303 degrees
Field radius: 0.320 degrees
Locations: Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany
Data source: Unknown
Object description (wikipedia.org):
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is estimated to be between 15 and 35 million light-years.
The galaxy and its companion, NGC 5195, are easily observed by amateur astronomers, and the two galaxies may be seen with binoculars. The Whirlpool Galaxy has been extensively observed by professional astronomers, who study it to understand galaxy structure (particularly structure associated with the spiral arms) and galaxy interactions.
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