Observation by Nick James: M51 again

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2021 May 10 - 22:54

Uploaded

2021 May 11 - 06:46

Objects

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h29^m
Dec: +47°12'
Position angle: +0°41'

Field size

0°22' × 0°16'

Equipment

ASI294 + HD11

Exposure

62x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

M51

Title

M51 again

About this image

Here's another attempt at M51 with my ASI294MC one shot colour camera at 0.66 arcsec/pix with 60s subs. The seeing was better than a few days ago so the stars are tighter and there is quite a bit of detail visible in the galaxy although I do need to get my denoising sorted out. I'll be going back to a mono camera soon but it is quite fun doing colour.

Files associated with this observation

m51_20210510_2254_ndj.jpg (1.6 MB)

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