Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service ONTC 10" f4 Newton
Imaging cameras: Quantum Scientific Imaging QSI 690 WSG-8
Mounts: Astro-Physics AP1100GTO
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service ONTC 10" f4 Newton
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Ultrastar
Focal reducers: Televue Paracorr Type-2
Software: PixInsight · Voyager · Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC) Pro Software · PHD2
Filters: Astrodon LRGB CCD Imaging Filters (E-Series), Gen2
Accessory: Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2
Dates:April 30, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon LRGB CCD Imaging Filters (E-Series), Gen2: 36x300" bin 2x2
Astrodon Luminance E-Series Gen 2: 27x300" bin 1x1
Integration: 5.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 7.03 days
Avg. Moon phase: 46.24%
Astrometry.net job: 3480548
RA center: 13h 29' 53"
DEC center: +47° 11' 39"
Pixel scale: 0.658 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -0.190 degrees
Field radius: 0.382 degrees
Resolution: 3265x2622
Data source: Backyard
The Whirlpool Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici and lies some 23 million light years away. It's an interacting galaxy pair and was the first to be identified as a spiral galaxy. This interaction has set up waves of star formation through the compression of interstellar hydrogen gas and dust. These dust lanes are prominent features of the Whirlpool. The Whirlpool has been host to several supernovae, the most recent of which was SN2011dh.
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