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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. It is 7.22 megaparsecs (23.5 million light-years) away and 23.58 kiloparsecs (76,900 ly) in diameter.(Source: Wikipedia)Description
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Date 2022 Feb. 28th - March 10th Bortle scale 5 to 6Exposure 31h04Luminance 509 x 120sRed 146 x 120sGreen 140 x 120sBlue 137 x 120sAcquisition
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Facility Peepoodo Remote Observatory Location Graz, AustriaTelescope Lacerta Newton 200/800Imaging cam ZWO ASI 1600MM CoolCorrector GPU Optics coma corrector 1:1 Mount SkyWatcher AZ-EQ6 ProFilters Optolong Luminance 36mm Optolong Red 36mm Optolong Green 36mm Optolong Blue 36mmGuiding cam ZWO ASI 120MM MiniGuiding SkyWatcher Finder 8x50Accessories Lacerta Flatfield box Lacerta MFOC Processing Gimp, SirilAutomation Stellarmate, Ekos & KstarsEquipment
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