M51: The Whirlpool Up Close
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One of my favorite targets imaged for the first time with my Celestron telescope and the Optolong L-eXtreme filter.
Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 1645mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/7.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-07-28 to 2022-07-28 | |
| Lights: | 52 | |
| Exposure: | 150 | |
| Total exposure: | 2 h | |
| Ra: | 13h 29m 56.5s | |
| Dec: | +47° 12' 13.542 | |
| Size: | 28.473 x 21.354 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.297 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.285 arcsec/pixel |
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