Daniel Pasternak 20 March 2016e

Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus in the constellation Canes Venatici.

 

Distance to Earth: 23.16 million light years

Magnitude: 8.4

 

C-11/CGEM-DX Hyperstar F/2

Canon 450d full spectrum

30 sec subs ISO 800

Imaged under the almost Full Moon.

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker

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