Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Simon Hudson
Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
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Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Simon Hudson
Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
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Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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Messier 51 the Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.[7][6][8] It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.[9] Its distance is estimated to be 23 million light-years away from Earth.

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Celestron CGX Mount

QHY9S CCD

Lacerta photo Newtonian 200/800

Baader RGB filters

ZWOASI224MC guide cam

365astronomy deluxe 60mm guidescope

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50x 300 seconds red

50 x 300 seconds green

60 x 300seconds blue

24 x 600 seconds Ha

21 x 600 seconds lum

31 x darks

Super bias (pixinsight)

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Phd2, SGP, Pixinsight & Photoshop

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Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Simon Hudson