M51
Image Details:
Instrument:
Celestron C11 OTA @ f/6.3 (1760mm)
Mount:
Mountain Instruments MI-250 GoTo
Image Scale:
1.7 arc-seconds/pixel
Filters:
None
Exposure:
6 x 5 minutes
Camera:
SBIG ST-2000XCM Color One-Shot with AO-7
Software:
Maxim DL/CCD, Adobe Photoshop, RC Astro Gradient X-Terminator, Neat Image Pro
Location:
Little Rock, AR., El. 350ft
Date:
July 3, 2005
Supernova 2005cs
,
in one of the spiral arms of M51, discovered on June 27th, 2005, by Wolfgang Kloehr:
(Image taken July 2nd, 2005, at 23:50 CDT)
