astrophotography astro photo image Whirlpool Galaxy ( M51 NGC5194 ) - Canon EOS 300D (digital rebel) - 20 inch LOMO Cassegrain at f= 5000mm on a AD-7 mount

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Whirlpool Galaxy ( M51 NGC5194 )

Size: 11' x 7' Magnitude: 8.10 RA: 13:29:53 DEC: 00:11:48 Best obeserved in April at midnight
Scope:	20 inch LOMO Cassegrain at f= 5000mm on a AD-7 mount
Imaging Method:	prime focus
Camera/CCD:	Canon EOS 300D (digital rebel)
Location:	Bad Mergentheim / Weikersheim, Germany
Condition:	Seeing: good - Transparency: good
Exposure:	mean of 4 frames 720s each at 800 ISO
Description:	No filter; stacked with Registax, postwork with Photoshop v7.0
Photographer:	Jens Hackmann, 16.01.2005 photo ranked: 6.08 with 25 votes (not realtime, last updated: 13.11.2009 12:50)
References to more Photos:	More of Whirlpool Galaxy ( M51 NGC5194 ) More of Canon EOS 300D (digital rebel) More of 20 inch LOMO Cassegrain at f= 5000mm on a AD-7 mount More of Jens Hackmann More of prime focus

If you want to judge the quality of that photo, please... (Be fair and take into account that faint and small objects are more difficult than bright and big ones!)
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