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M51-GAU.GIF Info

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Object: M51, "The Whirlpool Galaxy" in Canes Venatici
By: James M. Roe

Date: 26 Feb 1996
Exposure: 4 x 300 sec

Telescope: Meade 8" SCT with Orion focal reducer (f/7)

Camera: SBIG ST-7
Resolution: Low, 3.96 arcsec/pixel
Temp = 0 deg C.

Processing: DarkSub, Flat Field, Co-add in CCDOPS; Gaussian Histogram Equalization, Cropped to 204x136, GIF produced in JIMSAIP.