Designation:
M51
Date:
May 4th, 2018
Camera:
Canon EOS 7D Mark II ( unmodified )
Optics:
Sky-Watcher ED120mm Doublet
Focal Length:
900 mm
Exposure:
51 x 300sec.
ISO:
800
Mount:
Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding:
Orion Star Shoot Auto Guider
Software:
Adobe Photoshop, DSS, Astroflat
Notes:
Messier 51 is gravitationally interacting with a smaller dwarf galaxy, NGC 5195.
Its spiral arms and dust lanes sweeps in front of its smaller companion galaxy