Whirlpool Galaxy Messier 51

Posted: May 9th, 2025

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Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher 150/750

Camera: Canon 200 Da

Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO SynScan

Software: APT, DeepSkyStacker, FitsWork, FITStacker, Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI

Accessories: Baader MPCC Mark III, iOptron iPolar, Bahtinov mask

Exposure:

593 x 15" ISO/Gain: 1600

Red zoneLight Pollution:

Chelyabinsk, Russia

May 7th, 2025

WHIRLPOOL GALAXY MESSIER 51

Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher 150/750
Camera: Canon 200 Da
Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO SynScan
Software: APT, DeepSkyStacker, FitsWork, FITStacker, Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI
Accessories: Baader MPCC Mark III, iOptron iPolar, Bahtinov mask

Chelyabinsk, Russia
Light Pollution: Red zone

Exposure:
593 x 15" ISO/Gain: 1600

Spiral galaxy Whirlpool Messier 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy NGC 5194, PGC 47404, M51a)
 Dwarf companion galaxy NGC 5195 Messier 51b
 
 Equipment:
 Camera Canon EOS 200 Da.
 Telescope Synta SkyWatcher 150/750, F/5
 Mount HEQ-5 Pro
 Polar alignment camera iOptron iPolar
 Coma corrector Baader MPCC Mark III
 Bahtinov mask
 
 Imaging software:
 Astrophotography Tool
 SharpCap (polar alignment)
 EQ-Mode
 ASCOM
 Cartes Du Ciel
 
 Imaging from 6-7.05.2025 Kremenkul area
 Red zone light pollution. Class 7 on the Bortle scale
 Imaged with Moon phase=0.71
 
 593 Light frames at 15 seconds + 100 Dark frames + 100 Bias frames
 ISO 1600
 
 Total integrated exposure Σ=2h28'15"
 
 Post-processing software:
 DeepSkyStacker
 FitsWork
 FITStacker
 Lightroom
 StraNet2GUI
 Photoshop
 Topaz Denoise AI

Original size: https://deepskyhosting.com/ge5uOps
Author: googolplexplex

2 h 28 m

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Spiral galaxy Whirlpool Messier 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy NGC 5194, PGC 47404, M51a)
Dwarf companion galaxy NGC 5195 Messier 51b

Equipment:
Camera Canon EOS 200 Da.
Telescope Synta SkyWatcher 150/750, F/5
Mount HEQ-5 Pro
Polar alignment camera iOptron iPolar
Coma corrector Baader MPCC Mark III
Bahtinov mask

Imaging software:
Astrophotography Tool
SharpCap (polar alignment)
EQ-Mode
ASCOM
Cartes Du Ciel

Imaging from 6-7.05.2025 Kremenkul area
Red zone light pollution. Class 7 on the Bortle scale
Imaged with Moon phase=0.71

593 Light frames at 15 seconds + 100 Dark frames + 100 Bias frames
ISO 1600

Total integrated exposure Σ=2h28'15"

Post-processing software:
DeepSkyStacker
FitsWork
FITStacker
Lightroom
StraNet2GUI
Photoshop
Topaz Denoise AI

Resolution: 3301x5383 px

Scale: 2966 KB