| M51. The Whirlpool Galaxy |
| Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici |
| This
was the first galaxy where the spiral structure was appreciated. It is
connected and interacting with a neighbor galaxy (NGC5195). Distance to earth: 37,000,000 light years Visual Magnitude: 8.4 More information: Messier index. M51 |
| Date and location | January 2023. Caraquiz, Madrid |
| Telescopie | GSO RC12 on ASA DDM85 mount. No autoguide. |
| Camera | Moravian G3 16200. IDAS LPS Hutec and, RGB Baader filters. |
| Image
processing |
L: 220x300s, RGB: 72x300. Processed with Pixinsight |
| Date and location | 6-apr-2008. Caraquiz, Madrid |
| Telescopie | 8" Meade LX200R on Titan mount,
f=2000mm. Autoguide with Miniborg50, Luna0.4 and Guidemaster. |
| Camera | Artemis11002. Hutech IDAS LPS filter . Astronomik RGB filters |
| Image
processing |
L: 30x600s bin 1x1, RGB: 18x300 bin2x2, stacked with AIP4WIN. Process with Pixinsight |
| Date and location | 29-mar-2008. Caraquiz, Madrid |
| Telescopie | 8" Meade LX200R on Titan mount,
f=2000mm. Autoguide with Miniborg50, Luna0.4 and Guidemaster. |
| Camera | Artemis11002. Hutech IDAS LPS filter . |
| Image
processing |
L: 30x600s bin 1x1, stacked with AIP4WIN. Process with Pixinsight |
| Date and location | 29-apr-2006. Caraquiz, Madrid |
| Telescopie | 8" Meade LX200GPS,
f=2000mm. Autoguide with Megrez II 80ED f=570mm, Toucam SC3 and Guidemaster. |
| Camera | Artemis285. 0,7x focal reducer Hutech IDAS LPS filter . |
| Image
processing |
L: 9x600s bin 1x1, H: 7x300s bin 2x2, RGB: 5x180s bin 2x2, stacked with CADET. Histogram, HRGB and noise reduction with PixInsight. LHRGB and final process with Adobe Photoshop. |
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