Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Jason Guenzel
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Jason Guenzel
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

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Now that I'm nearing 4 full years of astrophotography effort, it seemed interesting to revisit the target I shot as my first DSO attempt. Since the beginning, I've learned quite a bit, to say the least. I'm proud of what I have achieved. I first approached AP very casually as a weekend warrior, but slowly got involved to the point where I was using every available bit of time I could carve out.

Here is that image that started it all, shot in August of 2013....



I was going to wait to get RGB frames to finish this off, but the mono really does have a dramatic look to it. I also found it refreshing to shoot a target in one evening and get a result. +1 for the bright ones!

So, here you go ... enjoy!

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