Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
Messier 51 - Whirlpool Galaxy (ft. NGC 5195), Derek Daigle
Messier 51 - Whirlpool Galaxy (ft. NGC 5195)
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Messier 51 - Whirlpool Galaxy (ft. NGC 5195)

Messier 51 - Whirlpool Galaxy (ft. NGC 5195), Derek Daigle
Messier 51 - Whirlpool Galaxy (ft. NGC 5195)
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Messier 51 - Whirlpool Galaxy (ft. NGC 5195)

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Getting a liiiittle more comfortable with post-processing but still could use a lot of improvement here. Oversaturation and star-field are a little clunky, I look forward to coming back to this one at a later date.

25 million LY away in constellation Canes Venatici, the smaller companion galaxy is currently gravitationally attracted to the Whirlpool and is 'bouncing' back and forth through the galaxy, where they will eventually merge.

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9x600" lights

5x darks

152x Bias

Captured May 30th 2016

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Messier 51 - Whirlpool Galaxy (ft. NGC 5195), Derek Daigle