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.
ING image collection
- More INT images
- Hubble images of M51
- Amateur images of M51;
- Amateur images of Supernova 1994I in M51
- Discovery image of Supernova 1994I
- More images of M51
- ISO images of M51 in the infrared light
Last Modification: 6 Jul 1999, 22:30 MET