Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51, Dan Kordella
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Light pollution and noise really hurt this image, but this is my decent galaxy with the C8. This image is kind of a three-fold test: how does the AV-X handle the weight of the C8, do I want to keep the C8 in mind for this kind of work, and should I be attempting this kind of subject from my grotesquely light-polluted backyard?

My thoughts:

1. Pretty well

2. Having some doubts

3. Probably not

- But it was probably not a totally fair test, as the light pollution was exacerbated by a very bright moon, terribly seeing on this night, as well as periods of patchy cloud cover.

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M51, Dan Kordella

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