Optics: VixenVC200L @ f/6.4
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)
Guiding: ST-237 guide chip of SBIG ST2000XM
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM
Filter Wheel: SBIG CFW9
Filters: L
CCD Temperature: 0 degrees Celsius
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Date: June 12-14, 2020
Location: Albireo Observatory I - Korinthos, Greece
Exposure: L=200 min bin 1x1
Calibration: Darks, Flats, Bias
The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky. Its companion is an eliptical galaxy known as NGC 5195.
