M51
M51
Object | |
| Description: | Whirlpool Galaxy |
| Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Distance: | 37,000,000 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | January 30, 2009 |
| Location: | Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA |
| Exposure: | Lum 12x10, R 6x10, G 6x10, B 6x10 (bin 1x1) |
Equipment | |
| Optics: | Takahashi MT200 Newtonian |
| Focal Length: | 960mm @f/4.8 |
| Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
| Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
| Focuser: | Starlight Feather Touch Micro Focuser |
| Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB |
| Software: | CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop |