Wallpaper author:
Peter Cerveny
16 Jul 2025
M51 Whirl Pool Galaxy
This image was processed with Siril 1.4.beta2 and Photoshop CC using the old LRGB-TL3-dataset (6h 32m).
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 |