M51,NGC5194

Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51,NGC5194 - Whirlpool Galaxy
Date: April 26, 2003 Time: 00:15 CST Location: Ft Griffin Texas
Instrument: 253mm f/4 Newtonian Mount: Losmandy GM100 Guiding: Off Axis - ST4
Extra hardware: Lumicon Off Axis Guider, Coma Corrector Seeing: Excellent Transparency: Good
Camera: Nikon F Filter: None Film: Kodak E200
Exposure: 2 x 60 Minutes Development: E6 Processing: PS 6.0
Notes: Also visible - NGC5198, IC4263, NGC5169, and NGC5173