Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Kiko Fairbairn
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Kiko Fairbairn
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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The raw files for this image were kindly shared by the user Marco Bocchini (cicciobocc), in his Public Data Pool.

Bocchini's setup:

Meade acf10" f/10 Moravian G2 8300

Astronomik B 31 mm: 9x900" -30C bin 1x1

Astronomik G 31 mm: 9x900" -30C bin 1x1

Astronomik L 31 mm: 8x1200" -30C bin 1x1

Astronomik R 31 mm: 9x900" -30C bin 1x1

Thanks for this great shearing, Marco. It was a grate excercise! Best regards.

For processing this image I used a lot of Pixinsight. Finalized it in Photoshop CS5.

-Carlos Fairbairn

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Kiko Fairbairn