M51

Whirlpool Galaxy

M51

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Canes Venatici

Distance

37,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

June 25, 2007

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Lum 20x3, 60x2 (bin 1x1)

Notes

Imaged over 3 nights just before the Blue moon in June

Equipment

Optics

Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector

Focal Length

1280mm @f/6.4

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon L

Software

MaxIm DL 4, RegiStar, Photoshop cs3