Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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Lonely M-51, Ron Crouch
Lonely M-51
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Lonely M-51

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Lonely M-51, Ron Crouch
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Lonely M-51

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We had only 3 clear nights in a month but was able to get ~12 hours RGBL on M51 using Newt and the QHY 294M from the backyard Dome. I was going to crop the image but left as full field so to show the patches of very faint reddish galaxies floating about.

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Lonely M-51, Ron Crouch