Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Peter Butler
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Peter Butler
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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Description: Complete reprocess of my original data. Getting a bit better now with Pixinsight so decided to do a revision.

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Description: Reprocess using GHS and NoiseXTerminator. Image is also cropped to make M51 more prominent.

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E

Description: Reprocessed using BlurXTerminator to reveal much more detail in the spiral arms. Super happy with this one, the additional resolution has allowed the Astrobin platesolver to detect IC4285 which is just over 1 billion light years away!

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Peter Butler