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M51 MN190+1.4 extender, ISO800, ISO6400, 5H 10M 44S, 159 subs.
This image combines 21\2 hours exposure time from 2020 and 3 hours imaging time earlier in 2021. By combining the 2 photos together reveals a deeper image, the feint gas below the main galaxy M51 is seen extending the full width of the galaxy into interstellar space, which was not visible in the separate photos.
The interacting smaller galaxy is clearly overwhelmed by the gravitational force of the main galaxy, gas dust and stars being stripped out, asunder.
Canon 760D+1.4 extender, no filter.
Sky watcher MN190, F5.3, F7.5 with the extender.
Sky watcher NEQ6 goto mount.
Mgen3 Autoguider.
159 Subs from 50sec to 8mins, totaling 51\2 hours, depending on sky and Bortle conditions, collected over approx 10 nights, over 2 years.
Astro-Physics Riccardi-Honders 305mm @ F/3.65
Moravian C3 61000 + Chroma L
Astro Physics 1200
Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5
Moravian G3 11002 + Astrodon RGB
Astro Physics 1200
TMB LZOS 152 + Riccardi Reducer @ F/6
Atik 460EX + Astrodon LRGB E series gen 2
Parallax Instruments HD200c
L: 170x300s bin 1x1
Ha: 124x300s bin 1x1
RGB (widefield): 110x300s bin 1x1
RGB (detail): 100x60s bin 2x2
Total exposure: 55h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
Reworked the data from John Misti taken in 2005, Arizona. A mighty fireworks about 40 million light years away from the Earth.
A quick break from the 90mm macro photos...
Amusingly, I took this photo of two galaxies colliding just a few hours after SmugMug and Flickr announced the merger...
Yesterday night I tested my new mount with my Canon R7 and the Sigma lens. I am impressed what the M51 shows me :-)
Taken at the Lond Mynd in UK in bortle 3.
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Mount: SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro
Guiding: ZWO ASI 120MM Mini USB 2.0 Mono Camera - Orion 50mm Guide Scope
Filter: N/A
Camera: Canon R7
Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM (Contemporary)
Focal length: 600mm
90 x 120 seconds frames - ISO 500 - f6.3
3hr total Integration
Darks: 20 frames
Flats: 40 frames
Bios: 40 frames
DarkFlats: N/A
Bortle 3
Apps: N.I.N.A. > PHD2 > ASCOM
Processing: AstroPixelProcessor > Photoshop >Topaz > Photoshop
M 51 o NGC5194, chiamata anche Galassia Vortice M51A è una galassia a spirale , interagente con la più piccola e vicina M51B o NGC5195 , si vedono in direzione della costellazione boreale dei Cani da Caccia. Evidenti regioni di idrogeno ramificate , delineano la particolare forma a spirale della Galassia.
La spettacolare l'interazione fra le due galassie da origine alla formazione di nuove giovani stelle .
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ 30 offset/ -10ºc
41x300s
L-Pro
Bortle 8.
PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.
Galaxy Season is starting again... time for a first look on the beautiful Whirlpool Galaxy :-)
60 x 300s
ASI 2600 MC Pro
Skywatcher 150/750 PDS
Here a try on M51 with a star adventurer mount
Really happy with the result considering the sky (clouds and a lot of light because I did it from Paris)
From Paris
04/19/2017
Sony A7S
Tamron 150-600
Star adventurer
ISO 4000
30s
F6.3
81 photos
Stacked with DSS
PP with GIMP and Lightroom
(M51-81-v003gimp0D-5-1600Nf)
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ 30 offset/ -10ºc
41x300s
L-Pro
Bortle 8.
PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.
Galaxie du Tourbillon - Messier n°51
Galaxie spirale distante de 27,4 Millions d'années-lumière de la Terre
Exposition totale 42 min
ISO 800
Brutes 14 x 180 sec
Darks 10 x 180 sec
Offset x10
Flats x10
Empilement sur Siril
Post-traitement Lightroom
M51 Galaxy
Astrografo Orion 254/1000
Camera Asi Zwo 294pro filtro L-pro
Montatura Ioptron Cem70
39 dark
51 flat
71 light da 240s -10gradi — a Martina Franca.
M51 est une galaxie spirale relativement rapprochée et située dans la constellation des Chiens de chasse. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de 633 ± 12 km/s, ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de 9,34 ± 0,68 Mpc. Elle a été découverte par l'astronome français Charles Messier en 1773.
Étoiles : 100 milliards
Rayon : 30 000 années-lumière
Constellation : Chiens de chasse
Magnitude : 8,4
Magnitude absolue : 8,4
Âge : 400,3 millions ans
Source Wikipedia
Détails techniques d'acquisition:
CFF 200/1300 APO
Camera Player One Zeus pro M1
Antlia 3nm Narrowband H-alpha 2": 43×300″(3h35′)
Antlia Blue 2": 47×150″(1h57′)
Antlia Green 2": 54×150″(2h15)
Antlia Red 2": 62×150″(2h35' )
Intégration 10h22'30"
12 "Truss RC telescope reduced to 1790
Moravian off-axis guider and Moravian G0300 guide camera
Celestron 80/600 guide tube with Asi Zwo 224
Moravian G2 8300 camera with internal wheel
Ioptron Cem120 mount
Moonlite focuser and 3.5 "electronic rotator
Electronic temperature control and anti-condensation bands
Cls ccd, R, G, B, Ha 6nm filters, all Astronomik
Shooting data:
51x300s L
21x240s R
21x240s G
21x240s B
21x600s Ha
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop, star spikes, astronomy tools
M51 Ripresa in 3 tempi
Inus Siris Sardegna 26 02 22
Dal giardino di casa Mogoro Sardegna il 28 02 e 01 03 22
M 51 è un oggetto astronomico del catalogo di Messier che comprende due galassie distinte, nella costellazione boreale dei Cani da Caccia: La più grande e famosa Galassia Vortice è una classica galassia a spirale. Fu scoperta da Charles Messier il 13 ottobre del 1773. (Wikipedia)
Distanza dalla Terra: 23.160.000 anni luce
Raggio: 30.000 anni luce
Stelle: 100 miliardi
Caratteristiche rilevanti: Composto da due galassie interagenti, NGC 5194 (Galassia Vortice) e NGC 5195
Riprese dì Giànni Melis
9,5 ore dì integrazione
191 light x 180 gain 120
31 dark
49 bias
30 flat
C11 ridotto x 0,63 su EQ6 R PRO ASI533 Mc filtro Optolong L pro
Guida 60/240 Asi 224 Mc
Asi air pro , Pixinsite Ps
Listed in the Charles Messier catalogue in 1771 is the magnificent Whirlpool galaxy. M51 can be found in Canes Venatici, close to the 1st star Alkaid in the handle of the big dipper. The galaxy shines at magnitude 8.4, making it a bright object to image. this photo is a stack of 53 images, but could do with as many again to improve the detail and reduce noise for a cleaner image, unfortunately the weater has not been very permitting this winter, so it may be a while before I get more subs.
Technical data-
MN190 6400 43m 22s 53 subs AA-
Canon 760D with CLS filter
HEQ6 goto mount unguided.
Skywatcher 190MN Telescope.
53 subs @ 50 seconds, ISO 6400, 43m 22s total exposure time.
Processing in Lightroom and canon DDP.
M51 - Celestron C9 + ASI1600MC + Ircut. 60x240s gain 123 offset 21. Traitement SIRIL et Photoshop.
Pas de lune mais vent assez sensible.
Photograph updated 04/18/23. Original data was restacked with better outcome, resulting in a bit more detail.
Using a Telescope with FL 714mm to photograph this galaxy, and using a dedicated Astro camera (ASI2600MC).
Discovered by Charles Messier (the "M" in M51) in 1773, M51 is located 31 million light-years from Earth.
M51, la galaxie des Chiens de chasse.
18 poses de 300s au C9 et à l'ATIK 314L. Vent suffisamment présent pour limiter l'autoguidage.
M51, The Whirlpool Nebula. 18 hours 25 min of total integration from downtown Phoenix, bortle 9. HaLRGB. Esprit 120mm, QHY268M, Optolong 3nm filters, EQ6R-Pro mount.
Such striking arms are a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies. In M51, also known as the Whirlpool galaxy, these arms serve an important purpose: they are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and creating clusters of new stars.
M51
232 X5 19H30
Caméra 2600MC 88X5
Caméra 294MC 144X5
TAKAHASHI 120 TSA
Caméra guide 290mm
evoguide 50mm
Filtre optolong L
Eaf zwo
Asiair V1
Traitement pixinsight 99% 1% ps
Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5
Moravian G3 11002 + Astrodon RGB
Astro Physics 1200
RGB: 320x300s bin 1x1
Total exposure: 27h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
M51
Contains: NGC 5195, Whirlpool galaxy, M 51, NGC 5194
Here is my look at M51.
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. In the Catalogue of Named Galaxies, it is called Typhon Canum Venaticorum, after the Greek god Typhon. It was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Recently it was estimated to be 23 ± 4 million light-years from the Milky Way, but different methods yield distances between 15 and 35 million light-years. Messier 51 is one of the best-known galaxies in the sky. The galaxy and its companion, NGC 5195, are easily observed by amateur astronomers, and the two galaxies may even be seen with binoculars. The Whirlpool Galaxy is also a popular target for professional astronomers, who study it to further understand galaxy structure (particularly structure associated with the spiral arms) and galaxy interactions.
I was interested to see how much detail could be found in the data. [Wikipedia]
I recently saw an article on AFP-R to maximise detail, however, it is very similar to what I already do running small iterations of LHE at different settings in PI and stacked high pass layers selectively applied in PS. Great to see some new techniques worth a look if you have not seen. I will stick with my approach for now.
Imaging telescope or lens: RCOS 14.5"
Imaging camera: SBIG STX KAF-16803
Mount: Paramount-ME
Guiding telescope or lens: RCOS 14.5"
Software: Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Red, Astrodon Green, Astrodon Blue, Ha 5nm, Astrodon Luminance
Resolution: 3096x3180
Dates: May 16, 2017, June 15, 2017, June 16, 2017, June 18, 2017, June 24, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 11x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Green: 10x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 30x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Red: 12x1200" bin 1x1
Ha 5nm: 17x1800" bin 1x1
Integration: 29.5 hours
Locations: Deep Sky West Remote Observatory (DSW), Rowe, New Mexico, United States
-Setup:
Telescope: Omegon 126/880 Triplet
Mount: Skywatcher H-EQ5 Pro
Camera: Canon EOS 6D Astrodon mod.
-Imaging Data:
58x240" ISO500
3.87h
M51
The famous and very popular Whirlpool Galaxy, or N.I.N.A. calls it the Question Mark Galaxy.
seems to be a very popular target this time of year.
Drizzle Integrated.
Lum: 144 @ 60s
Red: 36@ 120s
Green: 36 @ 120s
Blue: 36@ 120s
300 minutes or 5 hours total integration
Data Collected May 21-23, 2020 from Ridgecrest CA.
Telescope: Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian.
Mount Orion Atlas Pro Az/Eq-G
Guide Camera ZWO 290mm Mini with OAG
Camera ZWO ASI 1600MM-Pro
Zwo Filters
Captured with N.I.N.A, Processed with PixInsight
This was taken with a telescope and an astronomical camera. Twelve 90 second shots stacked and processed with the PixInsight software and a little additional tweeking in Photoshop. More shots taken for a longer time would yield much more detail.
Some facts about M51:
1. Discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier in October of 1773. Hence the 'M' designation. There are 110 objects in the Messier catalogue.
2. Its companion galaxy, NGC 5195, or M51 b as some call it was not discovered until 1781 by another French astronomer, Pierre Méchain.
3. These objects are about 26 million light-years from earth.
4. The diameter of M51 is approximately 76,000 light-years.
5. M51 is visible through binoculars ... but don't expect to see any color. In fact, you won't see any color using a telescope either. These objects are too far away ... too faint ... and the eye is just not able to gather enough photons. It will appear as a faint greenish-yellow object ... faint fuzzies some call them ... in binoculars. With a 100mm or 150mm scope and a good eyepiece some of the spiral structure will become visible.
6. If you want to try to find it in binoculars here's where to look: Find Alkaid, the last star in the handle of the Big Dipper, and then look just below and to the right of it ( actually 3.5° to the southeast of it).
They tell us the Whirlpool Galaxy is 31 million light years away! Isn't that crazy!
4 hours shot. 3 hours integrated. Used the problematic Edge HD 8 with 0.7 focal reducer for 1400mm and F7. Problems were with the guiding and focus routines=stars could be way sharper/I focused by hand.
I'l try again at another date, so this image can be a reference for hopefully something better down the road.
Equipement-
ASIAIR Plus
Celestron Edge HD 8 scope
William Optic Uniguide guide scope
AM5 mount
ZWO 294 mc Pro camera
A spiral galaxy 23 million light years from earth
C8, ASI294MC Pro, UV filter
Bortle 4 site
Stack of 7 x 5 minute exposures.
Reprocedded 3/2020 data
55x240s
Meade 12" SCT, 0.63 reducer, ASI533MC, CGX, L2 filter
Had some guiding issues, leading to elongated stars.
Canon 400 2.8 III + x1.4 + x2 (FL 1120mm)
Camera RGB ASI2600MMC
150x300s
Traitement Pixinsight + LightRoom
Messier 51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, is a grand-design spiral galaxy located about 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is famous for its striking appearance and its interaction with a smaller companion galaxy NGC 5195, which has caused extensive star formation in the spiral arms of the larger galaxy.
The so called tidal arms are thought to have been created by the gravitational interactions between M 51 and NGC 5195, which have caused gas and dust to be pulled out of the galaxy and stretched into long streamers.
TS Photoline 130/910 mm @ f/7.0 and ZWO ASI2600mm-pro.
165 x 120 s lum
59 x 60 s red
59 x 60 s green
58 x 60 s blue
25 x 200 s Ha
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer 2i.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ 30 offset/ -10ºc
41x300s
L-Pro
Bortle 8.
PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.
Carte technique
Instruments ou objectifs:TS-OPTICS 10 F/4 CARBON, Sky-Watcher Quattro 250mm f/4 Black diamond
Imageurs:ATIK 383L+, SBIG STF8300M SBIG
Montures:10 MICRON GM1000 HPS, AZ EQ6 GT AZ EQ6
Instrument de guidage:TS Optics TS APO65Q 65mm F/6,5 Quadruplet Astrograph
Réducteur/correcteur de focale:TS-Optics TS.Optics GPU
Logiciels:Photoshop CC 2017, Bisque Software TheSkyX Pro, MaxPilote, MaxIm DL Pro 5 MaxIm DL, PixInsight
Accessoires:USB_Focus V3
Résolution: 3190x2442
Images:
Astrodon HA: 12x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon HA: 20x900" bin 1x1
Astrodon RBG True Balance Gen II 36mm: 77x180" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 RGB: 82x300" bin 1x1
Intégration: 17.7 Heures
For the 2021 version of M51 I threw in the best of all M 51 data of the last 3 years. The exposure times vary. Tha data are from my ASI1600mm pro and my ASI2600mmpro shot through the TS Photoline 130/910. The tidal streams came out nicely nad there seems to be a bit of IFN (?) around..
The image is made from
28,380s lum
12,000s red
4,740s green
15,300s blue
and some Ha blended in.
ED80
meade DSI
LRGB 10X10min + 5min RGB x 6 or 7 subs each filter
Captured with Nebulosity processed in Deep sky stacker, and Photoshop.
Captured from my doorstep SW UK.
same data as previous post with the addition off 5 Ha subs at 900s
It has boosted slightly the HII regions in the outer arms and in the arms tight to the core .
Sometimes, I like to do some astrophotography.
This one is made from 5 luminosity, and one red, one, green and one blue. Each 300s, with a 250mm telescope from the telescope-hire site itelescope.
All the calibration and integration of the images was done in Pixinsight, and some glitches were corrected afterwards in Photoshop. These were due to the fact that I used not enough R/G/B photo's.
But, the exercise is expecially a study-exercise. In astrophotography the rule "it's the journey, not the destination" seems to apply. So, the study will never end. But, I like it.