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

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M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, onewiththestars
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M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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Description

Location: Northeast Ohio, United States

Polar alignment with PoleMaster

Telescope control with Stellarium

Focusing with SharpCap

Image acquisition with NINA

Autoguiding with PHD2

Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker

Processing in Adobe Photoshop
-Levels adjustments
-Color balance adjustments
-Curves adjustments
-Saturation adjustment
-Brightness/contrast adjustments
-Gradient removal with ProDigital Software AstroFlat Pro filter
-Crop
-Denoise filter

Adjustments in Adobe Lightroom
-Exposure
-Contrast
-Highlights
-Temperature
-Saturation
-Sharpening

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M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, onewiththestars