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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: Newtonian 12 inch on equatorial mount Imaging Method: prime focus Camera/CCD: Canon EOS 10D Location: Gurnigel / Switzerland 46°44min North; 7°47min West Condition: Seeing: 2 arcsec - Transparency: mag 5 limit Exposure: mean of 11 frames 600s each @ ISO 800 Description: Baader Coma Corrector; Software: Iris, Photoshop Photographer: Martin Mutti, 03.06.2005 photo ranked: 7.34 with 29 votes (not realtime, last updated: 13.11.2009 12:50) References to more Photos: High Resolution Version of this Photo (will open new window)   More of Whirlpool Galaxy ( M51 NGC5194 )   More of Canon EOS 10D   More of Newtonian 12 inch on equatorial mount   More of Martin Mutti   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!) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] © 1997 - 2010 astroscopic labs for design and web programming - photo or article is copyrighted by the photographer or author, respectively