Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Whirlpool Galaxy, Herbert W Hamber
Whirlpool Galaxy
Powered byPixInsight

Whirlpool Galaxy

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Whirlpool Galaxy, Herbert W Hamber
Whirlpool Galaxy
Powered byPixInsight

Whirlpool Galaxy

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Whirlpool Galaxy

iOptron (GSO) Ritchey-Chretien 8-inch reflector on Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount, Risingcam Sony IMX571 camera.

Natural color, no filters.

Total time  313 min, 10sec subs

No guiding, no apps, no gadgets, optical polar alignment. No added or removed stars, no re-colored stars, no re-shaped stars.

Images stacked in DSS and minimally edited in Gimp.

At the University of California Steele/Burnand Desert Research Center (SBDRC) in Borrego Springs, Calif.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Whirlpool Galaxy, Herbert W Hamber