M51
M51
Object | |
| Description: | Whirlpool Galaxy |
| Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Distance: | 37,000,000 ly |
Image | |
| 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 |