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Whirpool Galaxy (M51), 



    
        

            Radek Kaczorek
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Whirpool Galaxy (M51)

Whirpool Galaxy (M51), 



    
        

            Radek Kaczorek
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Whirpool Galaxy (M51)

Acquisition details

Dates:
May 18, 2018 ·  May 19, 2018 ·  May 20, 2018 ·  May 21, 2018
Frames:
Baader Blue (B-CCD) 36 mm: 20×120(40′) 0°C bin 2×2
Baader Green (G-CCD) 36 mm: 20×120(40′) 0°C bin 2×2
Baader Red (R-CCD) 36 mm: 28×120(56′) 0°C bin 2×2
Baader UV/IR Cut / Luminance 36 mm: 50×300(4h 10′) 0°C bin 1×1
Integration:
6h 26′
Avg. Moon age:
5.04 days
Avg. Moon phase:
26.94%

RA center: 13h29m56s.14

DEC center: +47°1033.9

Pixel scale: 2.178 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 178.912 degrees

Field radius: 0.604 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 1600x1200

File size: 2.2 MB

Locations: Penthouse Observatory, Warsaw, Poland

Data source: Backyard

Description

M51 is another object you can successfully image from light polluted cities. Believe it or not but lumination of background hit 20000 ADU at 300s. Most would give up imaging in this conditions, but not me. The final result is more than satisfactory.

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Whirpool Galaxy (M51), 



    
        

            Radek Kaczorek

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