Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 - Whirlpool galaxy, Tim Archer
M51 - Whirlpool galaxy
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M51 - Whirlpool galaxy

M51 - Whirlpool galaxy, Tim Archer
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M51 - Whirlpool galaxy

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M51 whirlpool from my back garden in Chandlers Ford UK, on a 8SE mounted on a Skywatcher 6r mount, ASIAIR 2600mc, ASIAIR Plus. OAG. 

Taken during a bright almost full moon period over 3 nights, so its a bit noisy but I have tried to pull out as much detail as I could, with only around 6 hours of data. Wanted to do a lot more but weather has been awful.

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M51 - Whirlpool galaxy, Tim Archer