Observation by Kevin Gurney: M51

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Kevin Gurney

Observer

Kevin Gurney

Observed

2022 Jun 28 - 23:05

Uploaded

2022 Jul 03 - 16:14

Objects

NGC5194
Messier 51B (NGC5195)
IC4278
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h29^m
Dec: +47°11'
Position angle: +0°37'

Field size

0°16' × 0°14'

Equipment

Celestron C11 Edge HD
Fornax 102
ZWO ASI1600MM pro
Atik EFW2
Baader LRGB Filters
FLO OAG
SX Lodestar X2

Exposure

Total of 5hrs 10m

Location

Charente, France

Target name

M51

Title

M51

About this image

I often seem to use M51 as a 'first light' object for any new kit; here for the C11 Edge HD. Usually, I fail to get a complete data set but, this time, I stuck with it. Just over five hours of LRGB gathered on 4 sessions from 21st May to 29th June. I am now using Voyager for imaging data acquisition. Processing (as usual) in Pixinsight.

Files associated with this observation

proc1bBAA.jpg (1.0 MB)

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