The Whirlpool-Galaxy (M51)
in Canes Venatici
Éder Iván
Below you find a crop of the galaxies at 70% of the original resolution.
A previous wider shot of the area can be found here.
Image details
- Instrument:
- 300/1200 Newton, Paracorr (1370mm effective focal length)
- Camera:
- Home-modified Canon EOS 350D
- Mount:
- Fornax 51 + Boxdörfer DynoStar
- Guiding:
- 72/500 refractor, SBIG St-4
- Exposure time, filters:
- 30x5 min @ ISO 800
- Location, date:
- Ágasvár (Mount Matra), Hungary; 2008.12.30-31.
- Observing conditions:
- Transparency: 8/10, Seeing: 8/10, Temperature: -12°C
- Processing:
- Iris, Registar, Photoshop, Neat Image
