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Whirpool Nebula M 51 (Long Exposure)

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16 years 6 months ago #70524 by eansbro
Whirpool Nebula M 51 (Long Exposure) was created by eansbro
Hi guys,

This is a very recent image of M51. This was a long exposure to see what further detail may manifest. Interstellar dust is more pronounced within the smaller galaxy.


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Image of Whirpool Nebula M51

Taken on 18th June 2008
Using 0.9m Wynne Newt. at f/4
plus AP8p CCD
Exposures: L 20 mins
Processed with MIRA PRO 7.5

Eamonn A
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16 years 6 months ago #70530 by carlobeirnes
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Hi Eamonn

The amount of detail in the spiral arms is incredible
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16 years 6 months ago #70531 by paulevans
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Superb image Eamonn - I would say that that's better than something like Mt Palomar could have got as recently as 20 or maybe even 10 years ago!

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16 years 6 months ago #70534 by michaeloconnell
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Fab detail and resolution!!
Pity the cores of the glaxies are burnt out.
Are they cores burnt out in the raw images?
How are you combining your images?

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16 years 6 months ago #70539 by Keith g
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Eamonn, thanks for sharing that photo, the detail is superb within the arms! A burned out core, but hey what are you to do?

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16 years 6 months ago #70541 by DeirdreKelleghan
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Wonderful image, Eamonn.

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