Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB, Bob Rucker
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M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB

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M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB, Bob Rucker
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M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB

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I've imaged this several times in the past but I was never satisfied with the result. I decided to give it another try with the better optics of the EdgeHD 8.

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  • M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB, Bob Rucker
    Original
  • M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB, Bob Rucker
    B
  • Final
    M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB, Bob Rucker
    C

B

Description: More practice with reprocessing old data. Increased crop a bit to focus a bit more on the galaxy.

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C

Description: Reprocessed using BXT AI4 along with some other tweaks.

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M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB, Bob Rucker