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Whirlpool Galaxy, 



    
        

            Gary Dorrian
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Whirlpool Galaxy

Whirlpool Galaxy, 



    
        

            Gary Dorrian
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Whirlpool Galaxy

Acquisition details

RA center: 13h29m56s.75

DEC center: +47°0441.8

Pixel scale: 3.151 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 86.768 degrees

Field radius: 0.989 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 1824x1326

File size: 636.6 KB

Locations: My backyard, Swindon, Wiltshire, None

Data source: Backyard

Description

First attempt at imaging the Whirlpool Galaxy. Processing was done by my good friend and fellow astronomer Petr Neckar. We still have a long way to go to master processing but it's a steep learning curve.

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Whirlpool Galaxy, 



    
        

            Gary Dorrian