Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy, Bill Gwynne
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M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy

M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy, Bill Gwynne
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M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy

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The only shot I had of this was really old and needed to be updated so here it is, vastly improved!
Galaxies are hard because of their small size and therefore needing a long focal length scope which brings in it's own set of problems.
1200mm focal length seems to be a good compromise between image size and "scope controllability".

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M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy, Bill Gwynne