Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
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M 51: The Whirlpool Galaxy, Glenn Diekmann
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M 51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M 51: The Whirlpool Galaxy, Glenn Diekmann
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M 51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

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This represents my first effort imaging M 51. I obtained most of the data at my club's dark site on 1 June, 2019. My imaging system was quietly doing its thing when I went to sleep but I awoke to find that it had not collected any blue subframes! I set up in my back yard on 5 June and collected the missing blue data. This image was very noisy and definitely would have benefitted from more integration time.

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M 51: The Whirlpool Galaxy, Glenn Diekmann