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 - Dobsonian Deep Sky Astrophotography, Filippo Scopelliti
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M51 - Dobsonian Deep Sky Astrophotography

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M51 - Dobsonian Deep Sky Astrophotography, Filippo Scopelliti
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M51 - Dobsonian Deep Sky Astrophotography

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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After one month of almost zero activity due to very bad weather I found half an hour to collect 15 minutes of data to compose this luminance with my Dobsonian.

Nauris Mirrage 600mm f3,8

Paracorr type 2

ASI294MONO

Gain 400

Astrodon L filter

Pegasus Astro Falcon Derotator

600 best frames over the 900 captured x 1,5 sec (15 min total)

Dark

03/03/2021

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Description: In this version I tried to sharpen a bit more the cores and I enhanced the halos around NGC5195.

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M51 - Dobsonian Deep Sky Astrophotography, Filippo Scopelliti