All the features of M51
Big crop from an HST mosaic of M51 and 2 iterations of camera raw adjustments shows the flocculent nature of the dust around the galaxy nucleus. Notice all of the emission objects inside the grand-design spiral arms. Many other crops included to show the variety of features from these two interacting galaxies
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
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Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
Camera
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Location
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Date of observation
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Date of observation
Jan. 20, 2005
Filters
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Filters
f435, f555, f658, f814
Processing
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Processing
Pixinsight, RC Astronomy tools, Photoshop
Credits
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Credits
Data: NASA/ESA; Processing: Jared Greer
