Taken by amateurs of the Sternfreunde Breisgau e.V. at the Schauinslandsternwarte with their new CCD camera on a Celestron 11. Contributed by Peter Suetterlin from the CCD image collection of the Sternfreunde Breisgau e.V.
The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, a magnificient spiral, with its irregular companion
M51B (NGC 5195), which is significantly deformed from the heavy interaction
with its large neighbor.
This image was taken by Jack Newton in East Sooke, British Columbia.
He uses a Santa Barbara Instrument Group ST 6 CCD camera at the
Newtonian focus of his 25 inch f5 telescope. The image is a tri-colour
composite, approximately 5 minute exposures.
The image is copyrighted and may not be used for commercial purposes
without permission. Call 1-800-387-9010
French amateurs Michel Peyro, Jean-Philippe Barrilliot, and Franck Lefevre of the Observatoire Astronomique obtained this image of M51 with a 600 mm f/3.2 Newtonian telescope.
Alan Chen took this great image of the Whirlpool Galaxy M51 selfguided with a 12" Meade LX200 and an Starlight Express MX7C camera, at f/4, exposed 4x10 minutes.
Last Modification: January 18, 2003