Wallpaper author:
Wolfgang Kuechle
07 Dec 2021
Whirlpool Galaxy - Processing Exercise
As a newbie to AP I'm using the bad weather to work on my processing skills with some Telescope Live Data. Any constructive critisism is welcome.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M51
21 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 202.4696 Dec 47.1953
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................15 Feb 2020 - 31 Jan 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 189 | 6h40m | 127 |
| Green | 130 | 4h36m | 127 |
| Red | 135 | 4h44m | 126 |
| Blue | 130 | 4h34m | 126 |
| Halpha | 36 | 1h15m | 126 |