The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

Posted by astronomytom
on Monday, October 4, 2010

by Tom Carrico

 

Imaged through a 10" RCOS with an ST-10XME CCD and Astrodon Generation I filters on an Astro-Physics 900 mount. Imaged remotely from New Mexico Skies over 3 nights in June 2009.

Exposures: 22x15 minutes Luminance and 6x10 minutes each RGB

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