Messier 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) is an interacting spiral galaxy with a sayfert 2 active galactic nucleus .

Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered by Charles Messier in 1773 octomber 13 is located 31million light years from Earth in constellation Canes Venatici  .

Equipment astrophoto:

-Telescope Vixen VC200l  and Astrotech RC 6 f/9 ,focal reducer 0,67x from Astro-Physics .

-Mount - Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro -guided with ZWO asi 120mm mono + 70/500 Skywatcher scope .

-Camera- Atik 314L+ mono. 

-Filters - Astronomik L,R,G,B -Atik  electric filter wheel  5 positions .

Exposures time - L 20x300sec with Vixen VC200L  .  With Astrotech RC6  - L  28x300 sec and  10x300sec for each filter -R G B .

Location -Babadag Romania ,,Scorpius" observatory .

 Messier 104 (Sombrero Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 28 million light-years from Earth  in the constellation  Virgo . M104 was discovered in 1781 by the france astronomer and comet hunter Pierre Mechain . The Sombrero galaxy"s rich system of globular clusters , estimated  to be nearly  2.000 in number - 10 times more than the number of globular clusters of our  Milky Way  galaxy . The ages of the clusters are similar to those in the Milky Way ,ranging from 10 - 13 billion years old .

Equipment astrophotography : Telescope- Astrotech RC6 f/9 with Astro -Physics reducer 0,67x .

                                                 Mount -Skywatcher HEQ5Pro -guided 

                                                 Camera- Atik 314L+ mono.

                                                Guiding sistem -ZWO asi120mm mono ,scop Skywatcher 70/500 mm.

                                                Filters - Atik electric filter wheel , Astronomik L R G B filters .

                                                Exposure time -L 20x600sec . and R,G,B  10 x300sec.for each filter.

Location Babadag Romania ,,Scorpius "observatory .