Photographer:
Howard H Bower
Location of Photo:
Chandler, AZ
Date/Time of photo:
March, 2013
Equipment:
The above image was taken with a TEC 140ED refractor telescope and a QSI 583wsg CCD camera. Total exposure through LRGB filters just under 20 hours.
Description:
The Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51 or NGC 5194) is estimated to be approximately 25 million light years from our Milky Way. It is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venateci.
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