Messier 51

Phil Misiowiec

Messier 51

The beautiful Whirlpool Galaxy is 31 million light years from Earth.

SPECIFICATIONS

Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

SPA-2-CCD (Officina Stellare 700 RC)

Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

FLI PL16803 (9 μm/px)

Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

IC Astronomy Observatory in Almería, Spain

Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Multiple nights from 2021

Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

LRGB

Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PixInsight using Adam Block's wizardry

Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Telescope.live (data), Phil Misiowiec (processing)