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M51 The "Whirlpool" Galaxy » This is one of the latest images we have taken with the Sims SBIG camera. It is of M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici, just off the last star in the tail of the Big Dipper. The image was taken on April 12, 2013 through our 6 inch Astrophysics StarFire apochromatic refractor on an Orion Atlas mount and was made by stacking multiple exposures taken through different filters in order to achieve the color image.  The smaller object (at the bottom of M51, in this picture) is its companion galaxy, NGC 5195. Jeff Delmas, Frank Schenck, Jared Cassidy, and Doug Horacek were the observing crew that acquired the image.
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| Page title: | Von Braun Astronomical Society |
| Keywords: | VBAS, Von Braun Astronomical Society, Astronomy |
| Description: | VBAS - Von Braun Astronomical Society |
| IP-address: | 67.227.169.211 |
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| Date | Creation Date: 1999-03-25T05:00:00Z Expiry Date: 2016-03-25T05:00:00Z |