Observation by Grant Privett: M51

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2026 Apr 24 - 00:20

Uploaded

2026 Apr 26 - 19:10

Objects

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h29^m
Dec: +47°13'
Position angle: -0°18'

Field size

0°12' × 0°13'

Equipment

SX Trius 694
C14 + f/6.3 reducer

Exposure

20x 120s

Location

Near Salisbury

Target name

M51

Title

M51

About this image

Yeah, I know its one of the prettiest galaxies around and everyone has done it, but for some reason its taken me 30 years to get an image of it I am reasonably happy with. Either the frame was too small or there were too few frames, or the images were trailed or, or, or...

Unusually, I applied DDP processing to this. I had nearly forgotten it existed.

It was another image where I was testing the PEC on my mount. I hope the hardware remembered it after I turned off the system. Looks like its okay and working well enough to do well on Borisovs nebula - where the main nebulae is very faint.

Files associated with this observation

m51_20260424_sig-ddp.jpg (2.7 MB)

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