M51 - my most demanding project so far (Fritz)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: IC 4263 · IC 4278 · M 51 · NGC 5194 · NGC 5195 · Whirlpool galaxy

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M51 - my most demanding project so far

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The process of getting this picture presented some "first times" for me:

- It was my first attempt at M51.

- It was the first fime that i tried to join the Mak 127/1500 and the Canon 350D and i soon realized what it means to have a slow (f/12) telescope.

- First Time to use the Lacerta MGen Auoguider

- Longest single exposure i had so far

- Longest integration time i had so far

While trying to get my exposures, i soon realized, that the NEQ3-2 mount was overloaded, only about 20 % of my exposures where ok. So i got myself a used EQ5, this made things a lot easier. The image processing was a nighmare of its own: The amp glow was almost as bright as the galaxy.

Finally i managed to get this picture. Given all the efforts, do you think that this is an acceptable result? Any comments are highly appreciated.

Final version: Bad weather and lack of data. I gave this one a new attempt, this time data processing was done with PI and PS.

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Final
C

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	910850
PixInsight job	ZMRUBQR1UC7X534C5UU3Y0AJ01HRL7HM
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

RA (center)	13h29m53s.121
RA (top/left)	13h29m16s.540
RA (top/right)	13h27m59s.194
RA (bottom/right)	13h30m29s.543
RA (bottom/left)	13h31m48s.134

Dec (center)	+47°12′19″.60
Dec (top/left)	+47°37′16″.35
Dec (top/right)	+46°55′21″.86
Dec (bottom/right)	+46°47′19″.40
Dec (bottom/left)	+47°29′11″.33

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