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

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Rick Breen
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, taken from my backyard.

54 subframes 6 minutes each, using R,G,B filters on a QSI 683 and a PlaneWave CDK 12.5.

No auto-guiding needed, I used Software Bisque's TheSkyX on Paramount MX+.

Post Processing is by Barry Yomtov using PixInsight and Photoshop. Thanks Barry!

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Rick Breen