Observation by Thomas Killestein: Whirlpool Galaxy

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Thomas Killestein

Observer

Thomas Killestein

Observed

2017 Mar 22 - 22:00

Uploaded

2017 Apr 05 - 20:54

Objects

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h29^m
Dec: +47°11'
Position angle: -7°34'

Field size

0°40' × 0°30'

Equipment

Skywatcher f/5 200PDS
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro, unguided
Canon EOS 700D

Exposure

50x 30s/ISO800 subs

Location

Coventry

Target name

Whirlpool Galaxy

Title

Whirlpool Galaxy

About this image

Finally gotten round to imaging some galaxies now that the university term has ended. This is very much a work in progress, I'd like to add a bit more data to this image to clean up the galaxy a bit more and get some of the fuzzier regions.

Files associated with this observation

FinalImage2BAA.jpg (1.4 MB)

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