Messier 51, the Whirlpool galaxy (Kevin Wigell)

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Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape
Artificial satellite

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

IC 4263 · IC 4278 · M 51 · NGC 5169 · NGC 5173 · NGC 5194 · NGC 5195 · NGC 5198 · PGC 2278118 · PGC 2278401 · PGC 2281785 · PGC 2282749 · PGC 2285407 · PGC 2286797 · PGC 2287260 · PGC 2287543 · PGC 2287732 · PGC 2289559 · PGC 2289565 · PGC 2290293 · PGC 2290538 · PGC 2290581 · PGC 2291430 · PGC 2292105 · PGC 2292718 · PGC 2293576 · PGC 2294282 · PGC 2294604 · PGC 2297248 · PGC 2297311 · PGC 2299047 · PGC 2300341 · PGC 2301870 · PGC 2302712 · PGC 2303148 · PGC 2790855 · PGC 3096262 · PGC 3096263 · PGC 3096266 · PGC 47274 · PGC 47295 · PGC 47323 · PGC 83995 · PGC 91291 · Whirlpool Galaxy

Status	Advanced success
Started	...
PixInsight job	6LG9P5DLC0DBTK9UG97NACSG16CSU5YB
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

RA (center)	13h29m55s.93
RA (top/left)	13h27m07s.89
RA (top/right)	13h27m03s.85
RA (bottom/right)	13h32m39s.34
RA (bottom/left)	13h32m52s.84

Dec (center)	+46°59′11″.1
Dec (top/left)	+47°43′54″.2
Dec (top/right)	+46°15′11″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+46°14′12″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+47°42′54″.0

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