Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy (Sept 15, 2013), Joe Gilker
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy (Sept 15, 2013)
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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy (Sept 15, 2013)

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My very first attempt at photographing a deep sky object. I knew nothing about photography and had my friend's Nikon D60 attached to the scope for some prime focus photography.

Nikon D60

8" Meade LX90 ACF telescope

50x 10 second exposures, ISO 2000

20 dark frames , 20 bias frames (accidentally set the cam to ISO 1600 for dark and bias frames)

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop CS 6 and Lightroom 5

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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy (Sept 15, 2013), Joe Gilker