Friday, 26 April 2019

Latest Whirlpool Galaxy - M51

The latest image of M51 taken over 4 nights

Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Celestron Advanced GT mount
Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C
Guide cam: QHY 5L-II-C
Guide software: PHD2 

Total of 6h 22m exposures comprising:

34 x 3m 28s Lights & Darks
25 x 3m 39s Lights & Darks 
10 x 5m 54s Lights & Darks
10 x 5m 34s Lights & Darks
10 x 5m 49s Lights & Darks 

Stacked in DSS, processed in Photoshop Elements.