Object: Whirlpool galaxy MESSIER 51  & ngc 5196 Constell: CVn

RA: 13h 29.9m  (M 51)   Decl: +47° 12'          Epoch: 2000
Mag: 8.3m(v)/9.5m (v)   Size: 11'x7'/5.8'x4.6'  Type: SA(s)bcp
                                                      I0p
Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Hartola, Finland
Date/Time: 27./28.12.1992, 00.15

Telescope: N 205/1000
Magn: 126x              Filter:
Field: 30'              NE Lim.mag: 6.2m
Background sky: 1-2     Seeing: 1 
Weather:                           

Brightness: 3           Alt:    
Description: WOW! Averted vision easily reveals the spiral
structure. Some mottling obvious at 63x. NGC 5196 is clearly
asymmetrical.