Last night me and Steve went to the Uni's observatory to take a few images. One of the targets we investigated was M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy. We still have lots to do with our images. So far all that has been completed is the removal of the bias, dark and flat frames. I thought I'd post what we have got so far as I think it looks quite good for little processing and our first real attempt at this (oh and this image was taken in the V band).
M51 is a spiral type galaxy which lies in Canes Venatici. It was originally discovered by Charles Messier, hence the M, in 1773. The galaxy itself lies about 37 million light years away from us! More information about this wonderful object can be found at: http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m051.html
