Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
M51  Whirlpool Galaxy, David Newbury
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

M51  Whirlpool Galaxy, David Newbury
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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Having tried multiple times imaging M51 from my home with bad weather spoiling the results.

I spent a week at (https://www.sunstarfrance.com) Les Granges, France. with the sole intention of imaging M51.

Our host, Olly, was a great help with setting up, imaging and processing of which this would not have been possible. Thanks Olly

The first night was cloudy after snow in the morning etc. Sunday was much better. The cloud gods were in our favour and dispersed to let the stars shine through.

Taken with a TAC 140, ATIK 460 on a Mesu 200 mount. A total of around 7 hours LRGB. Processed in PixInsight, Photoshop and Registar.

Reduced in PI to 20% JPEG of original.

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M51  Whirlpool Galaxy, David Newbury