Messier 51

Messier 51

 

I haven’t done much telescope stuff lately I don’t seem to have the enthusiasm for it at the moment but it’s good to step away sometimes. Here’s a pic from last year with some improvements made. ✨🌌

 

Some info from Wikipedia 👇👇👇

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.[7][6][8] It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.[9] Its distance is estimated to be 23 million light-years away from Earth.

 

Equipment used;

Celestron CGX Mount

QHY9S CCD

Lacerta photo Newtonian 200/800

Baader RGB filters

ZWOASI224MC guide cam

365astronomy deluxe 60mm guidescope

 

Capture details;

50x 300 seconds red

50 x 300 seconds green

60 x 300seconds blue

24 x 600 seconds Ha

21 x 600 seconds lum

31 x darks

Super bias (pixinsight)

 

Software used;

Phd2, SGP, Pixinsight & Photoshop

Done