Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy at f/10, drblevy13
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy at f/10

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy at f/10

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This represents my longest focal length attempt at shooting one of my favorite targets in astrophotography.

M51 was my very first target I ever took, and that was at f/2 with the Hyperstar.

Last year, I took the leap to f/7 which gave a much closer view.

Now, we have at f/10 which, even with relatively short overall exposure time, gives great detail and really allowed me to hone in on the regions with greater hydrogen alpha signal.  In order to get as much detail as possible, I built a sky model with ModelCreator with just over 6" RMS.

Hope you enjoy!

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy at f/10, drblevy13