Extragalactic nebulae in M51, 



    
        

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Extragalactic nebulae in M51

Acquisition details

Dates:
March 13, 2014
Frames:
10×1200(3h 20′)
Integration:
3h 20′
Avg. Moon age:
11.79 days
Avg. Moon phase:
90.34%

Resolution: 620x608

File size: 381.1 KB

Locations: Driveway, Kingsport, TN, United States

Description

This is M51 through a hydrogen alpha filter. There is so much Ha emission in this object that this almost looks like a luminance image. Later on, I will acquire broadband images of this target and layer in the Ha data to the final color composite. For now, it looks pretty cool on its own.

Edit: I have created an animated gif illustrating the HII regions of M51.

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