Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD117815  ·  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 / Whirlpool Galaxy with OSC, Christian Singer
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M51 / Whirlpool Galaxy with OSC, Christian Singer
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Hi, this is my sixth astrophoto project. I shot M51 in two sessions /w my OSC and a clear-glass filter.

Post-processing was done in an absolute fantastic workshop with my friend Daniel Nimmervoll, where we worked together on the stacked and calibrated data. Thank you very much !
  • Stacking: APP
  • Gradient removal: Graxpert
  • Solving+SPCC, BXT, SXT, NXT and GHS: PI
  • Final touch: PS

Having a closer look, you will find various faint galaxies like in one of my last projects, NGC7023 Iris Nebula. Annotations and further infomation for this project can be found on the corresponding M51 Whirlpool Galaxy project page on my website!

If you’re interested – I wrote a short essay in the NGC7023 Iris Nebula project page on my website how to identify (faint) deepsky objects.

Have a great day & CS everyone,
Christian

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M51 / Whirlpool Galaxy with OSC, Christian Singer