Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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Whirlpool Galaxy M51, Herbert W Hamber
Whirlpool Galaxy M51
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Whirlpool Galaxy M51

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Whirlpool Galaxy M51, Herbert W Hamber
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Whirlpool Galaxy M51

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Description

Whirlpool Galaxy M51

Svbony SV550 122mm Triplet APO refractor on Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount, Risingcam Sony IMX571 camera.

Natural color, no filters.

Total time  25 min, 10sec subs

No guiding, no apps, no gadgets, optical polar alignment. No added or removed stars, no re-colored stars, no re-shaped stars.

Images stacked in DSS (free) and minimally edited in Gimp (also free).

At the University of California Steele/Burnand Desert Research Center (SBDRC) in Borrego Springs, Calif.

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Whirlpool Galaxy M51, Herbert W Hamber