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Globular in Bootes
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:Friday April 20, 2018
Site:Laguna Niguel
Local Time:11:30 PM | Apr 20, 2018
Altitude:70°
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:1105 x 1067 pixels (1.2 MP)
26.7' x 25.8'
Exposure:90 sec
Stacked Frames:40
Total Integration:60 minutes
Shot Info:autoguiding
Post Processing:t-shirt flats
stacked with AA6
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