The #WhirlpoolGalaxy, Seen by #JWST

https://www.universetoday.com/162955/the-whirlpool-galaxy-seen-by-jwst/
The Whirlpool #Galaxy, aka #M51, is one of the most well-known objects in the night sky. It’s close enough and prominent in the northern sky that amateur #astronomers have shared stunning pictures of it for decades.

#Astronomy #M51 #Whirlpoolgalaxy
Did i show you my last image? I counted photons nearly 4 hours - on my -30°C cold camera mounted on my 10 Inch Schmidt-Newton. Focal length 2m

This Galaxy is very special to me. In 2005 i met my wife on the Observatory while imaging this Galaxy and the Supernova within. Now 19 years later - my wife is still there and the star which was so bright is not visible anymore.
Our love is still brighter than ever and brighter than any star can explode ❤️ ❤️

#Astronomy #M51 #Whirlpoolgalaxy

Today I made the flats and the darks - my session did go over 4 hours! I think the result is pretty good. This is the best M51 I ever shot! 😍

#Astronomy #M51 #Whirlpoolgalaxy

Up And Running!

counting photons 🔭

I have a very fucking special edition of #astroporn today: #Victorian astroporn.

It blows my motherfucking mind that some fucking aristocrat-gentleman-astronomer could see, could actually fucking see, the #whirlpoolgalaxy in this much detail.

Have you ever read Victorian #erotica? Don't. It will fuck you up. Those people were sick fucking puppies. (I do have recommendations, PM me.) But this work of art, this could blow a contemporary load.

#astronomy

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) with its eye-catching spiraling structure which appears to swallow its neighbor...

Watched from downtown #marseille on a moonlight-less yet lightly cloudy night using 6 min exposure on the evScope.

#evscope #astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #galaxy #M51 #whirlpoolgalaxy #Bortle8

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) with its eye-catching spiraling structure which appears to swallow its neighbor...

Watched from downtown #marseille on a moonlight-less yet lightly cloudy night using 6 min exposure on the evScope.

#evscope #astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #galaxy #M51 #whirlpoolgalaxy #Bortle8

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The #WhirlpoolGalaxy is 31 million light years from Earth and its obvious interaction with its neighboring galaxy make these among the most studied deep sky objects. This image is my first combining exposures of different lengths from different nights. This is twenty 180-second exposures combined with twenty 300-second exposures for a total of 2 hours and 40 minutes. #StillLearning

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The #WhirlpoolGalaxy interacts with its dwarf galaxy neighbor. Because this interaction is so visible, they are one of the most studied galaxy pair. As a result, the first planet outside of the Milky Way was discovered in the Whirlpool in 2020. I am #StillLearning how to process my photos and need to work on pulling the blues, reds, yellows and browns out of this particular subject.

Da ja ein paar Leute nach #astrophotography Inhalten gefragt haben. Hier mal die letzten von mir. Sind keine Kunstwerke, aber trotzdem mein stolz:

NGC 5194 -M51- Whirlpool Galaxy - Distance: ~31 Million LY. Size: 76.000 LY

Integrationtime around 90min
10 Flats, 10 Darks, 10Bias

#Astrophotography #astronomy #astrophoto #deepsky #photography #astro #astrobackyard #canon #skywatchertelescope #skywatcher150750 #skywatcher150pds #skywatchereq5pro #skywatcher
#M51 #whirlpoolgalaxy #ngc5194

The #MagneticField of the #WhirlpoolGalaxy
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210120.html

#APOD

Virtual Flyby of the #WhirlpoolGalaxy
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190506.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBhqr0KkntQ

#APOD