Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD117815  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M 51 Whirlpool Galaxy More data added, Elmiko
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M 51 Whirlpool Galaxy More data added

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I thought I would capture this awesome galaxy again, being that the Moon was lighting up the sky. This data I captured last night was combined with the data from the image I posted this past January. The orientation of the camera was 90 degrees from where it was back in January. So this is cropped a bit more than I wanted. I achieved my goal of resolving the outer star streams more clearly.

Last January image 
https://astrob.in/o8uslk/0/

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  • M 51 Whirlpool Galaxy More data added, Elmiko
    Original
  • M 51 Whirlpool Galaxy More data added, Elmiko
    C
  • Final
    M 51 Whirlpool Galaxy More data added, Elmiko
    D

C

Description: Saturation boost and darkened the background.

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D

Description: Sharpened the details in the core slightly, using UnSharpMask.

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M 51 Whirlpool Galaxy More data added, Elmiko