M51 Whirlpool Galaxy (Pascals_pix)

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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Asi183mm-pro

Celestron EdgeHD 8", 0.7 reduced

Asiair Pro

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Recorded with a black and white camera and RGB u Ha filters, a total of approx. 30 hours of shooting time, captured between 2020 and 2021. At 1500mm.

M51 or Whirlpool Galaxy

Where in the last picture it went far beyond 1600LJ, we now leave our galaxy and go about 30 million LJ into space (and therefore the content of the picture is a look 30 million into the past). This impressive galaxy is slightly smaller than our Milky Way and has as a special feature an accompanying galaxy that met about 400 million years ago. This led to the fact that in the reddish areas in the picture (ionized hydrogen) there were many star formation with extremely massive stars. 3 supernova in the last 17 years testify to this. The accompanying galaxy continues to deform during this process, consuming most of the gas in the process.

Compiled from recordings from Celle u Achim, Germany and El Paso, La Palma, Spain.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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