Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
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Whirpool Galaxy (M51), Radek Kaczorek
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Whirpool Galaxy (M51)

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Whirpool Galaxy (M51), Radek Kaczorek
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Whirpool Galaxy (M51)

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M51 is another object you can successfully image from light polluted cities. Believe it or not but lumination of background hit 20000 ADU at 300s. Most would give up imaging in this conditions, but not me. The final result is more than satisfactory.

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Whirpool Galaxy (M51), Radek Kaczorek

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