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 Description:  It is a spiral galaxy located at Canes Venatici constellation. It is at about 30 million light years from us and it is interacting with its neightbour galaxy NGC 5195. 
 
 
 
Lens:
 
Newtonian Vixen R200SS + tele-extender
 
 
 
F/stop: 
 
f7.5
 
 
 
Exposure:
 
12 x 600s L (binning 1x1), RGB: 8x5 min each channel in binning 2x2. 
 
 
 
Mount:
 
Vixen Sphinx SXD
 
 
 
Camera:
 
Artemis 4021
 
 
 
ISO:
 

 
 
 
Filters:
 
LRGB astronomik filters
 
 
 
Autoguide:
 
WO Zenithstar 66 f/5.9 throught Meade DSI and PhD Guiding software 
 
  
Location:
  
Montseny, Barcelona 
  
Date:
  
February 8th, 2008
 
 
 
Processing: 
 
Aligned and calibrated with ImagesPlus, stacked with MaximDL and Postprocessed with PixInsight 1.0
 
  
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M51 - The Whirlpool galaxy

Click here to enlarge

Description: It is a spiral galaxy located at Canes Venatici constellation. It is at about 30 million light years from us and it is interacting with its neightbour galaxy NGC 5195.

Lens: Newtonian Vixen R200SS + tele-extender

F/stop: f7.5

Exposure: 12 x 600s L (binning 1x1), RGB: 8x5 min each channel in binning 2x2.

Mount: Vixen Sphinx SXD

Camera: Artemis 4021

ISO:

Filters: LRGB astronomik filters

Autoguide: WO Zenithstar 66 f/5.9 throught Meade DSI and PhD Guiding software

Location: Montseny, Barcelona

Date: February 8th, 2008

Processing: Aligned and calibrated with ImagesPlus, stacked with MaximDL and Postprocessed with PixInsight 1.0

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