Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M 51 with C8, Elmiko
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M 51 with C8

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M 51 with C8

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M 51 the famous "Whirlpool" galaxy in Canes Venatici. It is a one of the best known spiral galaxies in the night sky. M 51 is interacting with its much smaller neighbor, NGC 5195. It lies 28 million light years away.

This is an HDR Composition using my C8 and 6.3 reducer and data from the ZWO 071 McPro and my new ZWO 533 McPro.

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    M 51 with C8, Elmiko
    Original
    M 51 with C8, Elmiko
    D
  • Final
    M 51 with C8, Elmiko
    E

D

Description: Denoised

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E

Description: I wanted to make the arms in the core area pop! Tried to make it a bit more Three-Dimensional. I thought Version D was a bit flat.

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M 51 with C8, Elmiko