6Adam Block's Latest View of the Universe:
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
released 2022-12-17

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 Click image for the full view (It is large- see all of the background galaxies!)
(Contact me if you would like a gallery quality metal print.)
  • Optics                                         32-inch Schulman Telescope (RCOS)
  • Camera                                       SBIG STX16803 CCD Camera ​
  • Location                                      Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
  • Exposure                                     LRGB =  6 :  2  :  2  :  2  Hours
  • Acquisition                                  Astronomer Control Panel (ACP),  Maxim DL/CCD (Cyanogen), FlatMan XL (Alnitak)
  • Processing                                   PixInsight (with BlurXTerminator, See my video about it)
  • Credit Line & Copyright           Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona