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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51

The Whirlpool Galaxy, is also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and 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.

The Whirlpool Galaxy click to enlarge

Distance to Earth: 23.16 million light years

Radius: 30,000 light years

Age: 400.3 million years

Stars: 100 billion

Image details

-Equipment-

Scope: Celestron EdgeHD 8

Mount: Atlas Pro with Polemaster

Tripod: iOptron TriPier

Guiding: Borg 50mm with Orion Star-shoot

Camera: sBig STF-8300m with FW8 filter wheel

Filters: Baader 32mm LRGB, Binned 2x2

-Software-

Processing: PixInsight, Photoshop:

Acquisition: SGP

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The Andromeda Galaxy also known as Messier 31

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way

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The Andromeda Galaxy also known as Messier 31