The Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy
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The Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. It is about 31 million light-years (9.5 Mpc) away
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
SPA 2- CMOS
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
QHY 600M PRO
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Oria, Almería, Spain
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6 April 2023- 7 April 2023
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
LRGB
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Pixinsight & Adobe Photoshop
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Harshwardhan Pathak(processing)/ original data from telescope live
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