Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy

Image of the day 01/23/2014

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    M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Jeff Weiss
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    M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

    Image of the day 01/23/2014

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      M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Jeff Weiss
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      M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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      Classic grand-design galaxy interacting pair at 23 Mlyr. distance.

      Exposure: L: 33x8min (4.4hr), RGB:16x4min 2x2binned (3.2hrs), Ha: 26x8min
      7.6 hrs LRGB + 3.5 hrs Ha; 11.1 hrs total

      LRGB: D.A.R.C. Observatory, Mercey Hot Springs, CA on 4/14/12 and 4/20/12

      Ha: Montebello O.S.P., CA 5/10/12 and Henry Coe St. Pk. 5/12/12

      Version I (5/2/2023):  Very partial reprocessing of this 2012 data with BXT and NXT

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      M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Jeff Weiss