| IMAGE INFORMATION |
OBJECT INFORMATION |
| Telescope |
C9.25 on MI-250 mount |
Designation |
M51 |
| Focal Length |
F/5 Optec .5 reducer |
Position |
RA 13:29:88 DEC 47:9:73 |
| Guiding |
STV thru Tak FS60-C |
Type |
Galaxy |
| Control |
AstroArt 3.0 |
Magnitude |
8.90 |
| CCD Camera |
Starlightxpress SXV-H9 |
Size |
18 arcminutes |
| Image Scale |
2.24 arcsec/pixel bin 2x2 |
Distance |
37 million light years |
| Filters |
Astronomics RGB |
Constellation |
Canes Venatici |
| Exposures |
20 x 1 min Lum, 8 x 2min ea RGB |
Image |
|
| Calibration |
|
|
|
| Software |
MaximDL |
|
|
| Date |
Winter Star Party Feb 2006 |
|
|
NOTES: Lum exposures taken during WSP but RGB's taken in Nicholasville, Ky
|
