+46° 30′+47° 00′+47° 30′+48° 00′13ʰ 25ᵐ13ʰ 30ᵐ13ʰ 35ᵐWhirlpool Galaxy (M 51)IC 4257HD 117815HD 117377NGC 5169NGC 5173NGC 5194NGC 5195NGC 5198IC 4263IC 4277IC 4278IC 4282IC 4284IC 4285
- Filters
- N1 h 29 min
- Category
- Galaxy
How it was taken
Capture
- Date
- Exposure
- 1 h 29 min
- Frames
- 89
- Field center
- 13ʰ 29ᵐ 40ˢ +47° 12′
- Field of view
- 1.62° × 1.09°
- Scale
- 1.29″ per pixel
- Rotation
- 224° from north
- Focal length
- 1580 mm, f/6.3
- Views
- 342
Equipment
- Telescope
- Sky-Watcher BK2001P
- Camera
- Canon 5D Mk3
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
- Guide scope
- Sky-Watcher 9x50 Finder
- Guide camera
- ASI 120mm
Shooting history of M 51Each photo is a separate processing
Since 2017, the exposure has grown from 1 h 1 min to 10 h 25 min
