This image of M51 is five 10 minute exposures taken on April 27, 2001 with my Ritchey-Chretien 12.5 inch F/7.25 telescope, with a SBIG ST-8 and the AO-7 Adaptive Optics. I put a Astrophysics .75 focal reducer on the scope before I took this image.
RA (2000)
13:29.9
DEC (2000)
47:12
Magnitude
8.4
Size
11 x 8 arc min
Constellation
Canes Venatici
Other Name
Whirlpool Galaxy
Distance
~ 35 milliion Light Years
Object Type
Sc Spiral Galaxy
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