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Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 | Messier 51 | NGC 5194
The Whirlpool Galaxy is about 60,000 light years across. It is interacting gravitationally with NGC 5195, the smaller galaxy seen just above it.


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Details:
Night of:Thursday February 11, 2016
Site:Laguna Niguel
Local Time:2:15 AM | Feb 12, 2016
Altitude:56°
RA:13h 29m 53s
Declination:+47 12
Distance:23 million light years
Magnitude:+8.4 mV
Size:11.2' x 6.9'
Camera Settings:
Telescope:9.25-SCT
Camera:Celestron NightScape + f/6.3 Reducer
f/ratio:f/6.3
Pixel Scale:1.45 arcsec
Image Size:489 x 648 pixels (0.3 MP)
11.8' x 15.7'
Exposure:30 sec
Stacked Frames:32
Total Integration:16 minutes
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