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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), Rathi Banerjee
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), Rathi Banerjee
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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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This was a tough one for me. The difficulty was finding a guide star in this region in the off-axis guider... the faint guide stars I picked up during imaging did not have enough SNR and therefore PHD2 kept complaining about losing the guide star. The image turned out quite blurry for my taste. I would like to redo this target with my new A-P mount, which should help keep the heavy telescope centered even when the guide star is lost. Perhaps I'll also get a long focal length guide scope and do away with the OAG on this target. We'll see..

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