Galaxies - M51
| Information: | M 51 Wiki page |
| Date Taken: | 2022-04-23 |
| Scope: | Sky-Watcher Classic 250p Newtonian 10" |
| Mount: | Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRO |
| Main Camera: | ZWO ASI2600MC |
| OAG Camera: | ZWO ASI120MM-Mini |
| Comma Corrector: | Tele Vue Paracorr type 2 |
| Software: | N.I.N.A, PHD2, PixInsight, Stellarium |
| Frames: | 129 x 60 seconds |
| Filters: | Celestron UHC/LPR |
| Sky: | Bortle 8 |
| Comment: | Was trying new things. Also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. |
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Annotated Image legend
Galaxies and Nebulae are circled in Light Blue
Named stars are indicated in Yellow
Planets are indicated in Medium Blue
Quasars are indicated in Pink - Note that not many of these can be seen as they are typically 8-12 billion light years away! If you check carefully though you may see a couple.
If the name starts with:
- M - then it is an object from the Messier Catalogue
- MQ - then it is an object from the Million Quasar Catalogue
- PGC - then it is an object from the Principal Galaxies Catalogue
- NGC - then it is an object from the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
- LDN - then it is an object from the Dark Nebula Catalogue
- PK - then it is an object from the Galactic Planetary Nebula Catalogue
- SDSS - then it is an object from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Catalogue
- TYC - then it is an object from the Tycho star catalogue
- WISEA - then the object is from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
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