Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB from white zone, SparkyHT
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB from white zone
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB from white zone

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB from white zone, SparkyHT
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB from white zone
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy HaLRGB from white zone

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Testing out a newly acquired (but not new) 8" Ritchey Chretien under paltry urban skies. Seeing and transparency were poor, light pollution was at it's worst. Collimated with a sight cap and visually with a star, but sky conditions and the cold made me say "fudge it" and I moved forward to capture something for the night as I had limited time to do so. The weather has been excessively poor for months now, so I take what I can get. Was a bit rusty in gathering my thoughts on how to process this one. So many things working against me that night, I wasn't really impressed with my subs to begin with, but I processed anyway b/c I like a challenge.

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