First attempt at this galaxy. This is another one that I will revisit again as I finally figured out the tracking software to get much better object tracking.
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. It is 31 million lightyears away and 76,900 lightyears in diameter. It is interacting with it’s companion galxay, NGC 5195. – Wikipedia
- Object(s): Whirlpool Galaxy
- Optics: SVBONY SV503 Refractor Telescope with Built-in Field Flattener, 70mm
- Camera: OM-Systems OM-1
- Filter: (none)
- Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ-AL55i Pro
- Guiding Optics: (none)
- Guiding Camera: (none)
- Exposures: 80
- ISO: 800
- Shutter Speed: 60s
- f-Stop: 6.78
- Location: Tucson, AZ
- Software:
- Siril
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Camera RAW
- Adobe Photoshop