Observation by Nick James: M51

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2017 Jan 29 - 05:39

Uploaded

2017 Jan 29 - 06:24

Objects

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h29^m
Dec: +47°10'
Position angle: +1°57'

Field size

0°36' × 0°25'

Equipment

C11 + FLI CCD

Exposure

19x120

Location

Chelmsford

Target name

M51

Title

M51

About this image

At the end of a very transparent night here I thought I'd go for M51 after I'd finished on C/2015 V2. The images shows the faint extensions nicely.

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m51_20170129_0539_ndj.jpg (797.0 kB)

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