Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 - the Whirlpool Galaxy, Michael J. Mangieri
M51 - the Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 - the Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 - the Whirlpool Galaxy, Michael J. Mangieri
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M51 - the Whirlpool Galaxy

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Yes, another Whirlpool.  Say it ain't so .  Yep, I haven't taken a new image of M51 since back in 2014, when I just got started in Astrophotography with my new Edge. I used a Canon 50D for that one.  So I figured it was about time I captured it with my upgraded equipment and new processing tools and skills.

As usual, sky conditions this year have been abysmal, and even when the sky was clear, the smoke from Canada usually played games with my imaging. But I did manage to get some decent skies on June 14 and 18, so went for it.  Turns out that the blue subs had some issues with registration (seems that happens a lot with my objects/subs - gotta check into that). But I decided to process with just the 19 blue subs since the weather isn't going to cooperate any time soon.

Hope you find this image pleasing.

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M51 - the Whirlpool Galaxy, Michael J. Mangieri