Ultra-deep view of the Whirlpool Galaxy—a collaboration project initiated by Yuri Toropin.
How deep amateurs can go? The Hubble Ultra Deep Field has inspired amateurs from the very first moment it became available. In 2010, Yuri Toropin, PhD, has started an international collaboration project whereby many amateurs worldwide have submitted their M51 imaging data into a single large dataset. This is my own version of processing this wonderful collection of photons.
Post-processed on 24″ iMac using PixInsight, eXcalibrator, Aladin Sky Atlas and Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Image Data
Source FITS files contain data from the following telescopes:
| Author | Telescope | D, mm | F Ratio | Camera | Pixel Size, micron | Exposure, min |
| Andrey Kuznetsov | Astrosib RC-360 | 360 | 8.00 | FLI PL-09000 | 12.00 | 390 |
| Boris Satovskyy | Astrosib RC-360 | 360 | 8.00 | SBIG STL-11000M | 9.00 | 460 |
| Dmitry Ivanov | Newtonian, 230/1105 + Paracorr | 230 | 5.53 | QHY-9 | 5.40 | 390 |
| Harry Page | Newtonian, 14″ f/5 | 352 | 5.00 | SXVF H16 | 7.40 | 425 |
| Igor Chekalin | TAL-250K + Focal Reducer | 250 | 6.00 | Canon 350Da | 6.40 | 630 |
| Ivan Ionov | Newtonian, 250/1250 | 250 | 5.00 | QHY2Pro | 6.45 | 116 |
| Nikita Shamorgin | Astrosib RC-508 | 508 | 8.00 | Canon 5D Mk.II | 6.40 | 690 |
| Oleg Milantiev | Newtonian 250/1250 + Paracorr | 250 | 5.75 | Canon 450Da | 5.31 | 1230 |
| Pedro Re | TMB 152mm APO | 152 | 8.00 | SBIG ST-10XE | 6.80 | 300 |
| Russel Croman | RCOS 20″ f/8 Ritchey-Cretien + FC | 502 | 8.00 | SBIG STL-11000M | 9.00 | 945 |
| Steve Mazlin | RCOS 16″ f/8.7 Ritchey-Cretien | 402 | 8.70 | SBIG STL-11000M | 9.00 | 1740 |
| Vlad Onoprienko | Santel 9″ Maksutov-Cassegrain | 228 | 7.63 | SBIG ST-2000XM | 7.40 | 435 |
| Yuriy Toropin | TEC 140ED APO | 140 | 7.00 | QSI-583wg | 5.40 | 495 |
Copyright Disclaimer
Ultra Deep Amateur Shot of M51
Obtained on Variety of Setups
Copyright 2010
Andrey Kuznetsov, Boris Satovskyy, Dmitry Ivanov, Harry Page, Igor Checkalin,
Ivan Ionov, Nikita Shamorgin, Oleg Milantiev, Pedro Re, Russel Croman,
Steven Mazlin, Vlad Onoprienko, Yuriy Toropin
Disclaimer
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Included image of M51 galaxy was compiled from
materials obtained by the following amateur
astrophotographers (in alphabetic order):
Andrey Kuznetsov
Boris Satovskyy
Dmitry Ivanov
Harry Page
Igor Checkalin
Ivan Ionov
Nikita Shamorgin
Oleg Milantiev
Pedro Re
Russel Croman
Steven Mazlin
Vlad Onoprienko
Yuriy Toropin
You can use and modify supplied data in any way with only two obligations:
1) you have to mention the copyright of the group stated above in case if you
will publicly present any product of any kind in that supplied data or
any part of it was used.
2) this Disclaimer file should be distributed together with provided materials.
Contact Yuriy Toropin (yuriy.toropin(at)gmail.com) in case of any questions
related to supplied materials or their use.
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