M51
Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, with companion galaxy NGC 5195
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M51 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, with companion galaxy NGC 5195 |
| Optics | 8" LX200 Classic @ f/6.3 |
| Mount | LX200 |
| Camera | Starlight Xpress MX7-C |
| Filter | Baader UV-Ir |
| Exposure | 30 - 5 minute subexposures |
| Processing | Acquired in AstroArt3, Deconvolution, DDP, Log stretched. SGBNR in PixInsight, final work in Photoshop7 |
| Date | 04.13.05 |
| Location | Elk Grove, CA |
| Notes | Seeing and transparency were only fair. Wind was still a factor in the earlier sub exposures, and affected guiding. Moderate deconvolution was required to reduce oval stars. |