Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
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M 51 in One Shot Color + Ha, Alex Roberts
M 51 in One Shot Color + Ha
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M 51 in One Shot Color + Ha, Alex Roberts
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This is another attempt to combine one shot color data (QHY183C) with mono Ha (QHY183M). I'm trying this "cheat" on some galaxies basically because I'm lazy, and want to take an easier route than LRGBHa shooting and processing. I think this approach works well enough, but what do you think? Would LRGBHa produce that much better results to justify the extra time and processing workload?

The OSC data (QHY183C) was captured at Alamo Lake State Park here in Arizona, which has fantastic dark skies. The mono Ha (QHY183M) was captured at my home in Dewey AZ.

I would appreciate your feedback.

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