Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
M51, kb38758
M51
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M51

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M51

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03/08/2022
Cloudy weather moving in for the week so I had to use the slightly cloudy sky last night to begin a test of M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy, 23 million light years away.
It's still too low for good imaging but in a month or so it should be much higher.
First image original, second image, adjusted.
Orion Xtg 10 GoTo Dobsonian
ZWO 178 MC 
ZWO EAF Focuser
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
600 X 5 Seconds at 100 Gain Offset 50, (Only 340 subs survived the sorting)
Acquired with NINA
Stacked in PixInsight, Adjusted in Photoshop.
Bortle 7

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M51, kb38758