Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
My first DSO (M51)!, Bas Wientjes
My first DSO (M51)!
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My first DSO (M51)!

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Trying out a new dark site. Although weather forecasts have been favorable, clouds came rolling in just an hour before sunset. Managed to peek through the clouds from time to time anyway, and over the course of three hours I managed to take a few frames of M51, my very first Deep Sky Object to successfully find and capture!

I also managed to successfully polar align the mount with a few home made tweaks (such as a polar scope illuminator so I can actually SEE if Polaris is in the right spot). Very fruitful evening indeed!

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My first DSO (M51)!, Bas Wientjes