Wallpaper author:
Lachezar Vladikov
13 Jun 2023
Whirlpool Galaxy (NGC-5194) - my first post on TL
I've chosen the Whirlpool Galaxy as my first subject here on Telescope Live, because it is beautiful :), also I've worked on versions of it previously with own sources (Vespera telescope) and also using other online FITS sources (such as Slooh). This one is using an hour long dataset from 11 Mar 2021, 13:15, using the now I understand discontinued SPA-2-CCD. Pretty decent result for one hour of data, well done on the quality of data here at TL :)
Source dataset: https://app.telescope.live/click-grab/details/507
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 |