Isaac Newton Telescope image of M51

Isaac Newton Telescope image of M51

A true-colour image of M51 taken during the commissioning of the INT

Wide-Field Camera in January 1997. The image is composed of three

two-minute exposures taken through B, V and R filters, and covers the

area of one 2048-square CCD, or and area approxmimately 12×12

arcminutes. Click on the image to view it in full size.

From the

ING image collection

• More INT images

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• Hubble images of M51
• Amateur images of M51;

  more amateur images

• Amateur images of Supernova 1994I in M51
• Discovery image of Supernova 1994I
• More images of M51
• ISO images of M51 in the infrared light

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  Hartmut Frommert

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  Christine Kronberg

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  Last Modification: 6 Jul 1999, 22:30 MET