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M51 Galaxy Group

The M51 Group is a group of galaxies in Canes Venatici, lying around 37 mly distance away from our Milky Way Galaxy.

M51 Galaxy Group
Bullet M51 - Spiral Galaxy (Whirlpool Galaxy)
Bullet M63 - Spiral Galaxy (Sunflower Galaxy)
Bullet NGC 5023 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 5229 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet UGC 8313 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet UGC 8331 - Irregular Galaxy
Bullet UGC 8683 - Irregular Galaxy
 
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M51 - Spiral Galaxy (Whirlpool Galaxy)

M51 (Canes Venatici)
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NGC 5195
Image 
CCD Image, 15 x 1 min exposure (summed)
 clear filter
2004-03-21 23:44 h UT  to  2004-03-22 00:04 h UT 
(#63137-55)
8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

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M63 - Spiral Galaxy (Sunflower Galaxy)

M63  (Canes Venatici)
Image
CCD Image,  4 x 1 min exposure 
2004-03-22  00:06 to 00:12 h UT (#63158-62)
Mid range Brightened
8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

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NGC 5023 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 5023 (Canes Venatici)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
5 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-04-09 23:17hUT (#583074-78)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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NGC 5229 - Spiral Galaxy 

NGC 5229 (Canes Venatici)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
5 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2014-11-23 23:58hUT (#571290-94)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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UGC 8313 - Spiral Galaxy

UGC 8313 (Canes Venatici)
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
3 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-04-09 23:34hUT (#583090-93)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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UGC 8331 - Irregular Galaxy

UGC 8331 (Canes Venatici)
 Image
CCD Image (50% size)
4 x 120 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-03-27 21:46hUT (#582161-64)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME
 
UGC 8331 - detail
Image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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UGC 8683 - Irregular Galaxy

UGC 8683 (Canes Venatici)
(a M51 Galaxy Group Member)
image
CCD Image (100% size, cropped)
7 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2015-04-09 23:45hUT (#583096-102)
12" LX200R  (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME

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M51 Group Members:

Galaxy Name RA Dec Type m_v Dim RV
M51 NGC 5194 13:29.9 +47:12 Sc 8.38 11.0x7.8 573
M63 NGC 5055 13:15.8 +42:02 Sb+ 8.57 12.3x7.6 575
NGC 5023 H II.664 13:12.2 +44:02 Sc: 12.25p 6.5x1.0 484
NGC 5195 H I.186 13:30.0 +47:16 Pec 9.63 5.4x4.3 658
NGC 5229 [Swift III] 13:34.1 +47:55 SBd: 13.90p 3.3x0.7 476
UGC 8313   13:13.8 +42:12 SBc 14.63p 1.9x0.6 699
UGC 8331   13:15.5 +47:30 Ir+ 14.52p 2.7x1.0 358
UGC 8683   13:42.6 +39:40 Ir- 14.28p 2.0x1.9 748

Note: Green rows show galaxy group members that have been successfully imaged (white row have not yet been imaged).

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