Observation by Dean Ashton: M51

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Dean Ashton OBE

Observer

Dean Ashton

Observed

2018 Mar 16 - 22:02

Uploaded

2018 Mar 16 - 22:02

Objects

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h29^m
Dec: +47°11'
Position angle: +173°46'

Field size

0°41' × 0°30'

Equipment

Celestron C8 203mm SCT
Focal reducer and corrector
Celestron AVX Mount
80mm Guidescope and LoadstarX2 Guide Camera
Celestron Nightscape 10100 RGB Camera

Exposure

30x300s f/6.3

Location

St Austell, Cornwall UK

Target name

M51

Title

M51

About this image

The image was captured over three evenings in 2016 - April 26th, April 30th and May 2nd.

Image capture using MaximDL

Image calibration and processing with pixInsight

Files associated with this observation

Galaxy M51_30x300s 203mmSCT f6.3.jpg (1.8 MB)

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Graham Winstanley, Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Simon Dawes, Mr Michael Alan Frost, Peter Carson, Robert James Stuart, Ian Rothwell

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