Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 (Whirlpool), Michael Southam
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M51 (Whirlpool)

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M51 (Whirlpool), Michael Southam
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M51 (Whirlpool)

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Early season look at the Whirlpool. I took 14 hours of 3 minute subs only to decide the star eccentricity was too high and not worth stacking. I then switched to 1 minute subs but ran out of nights to image so only ended up with 3 hours of data which is just a test run in my book. The stack got a quick denoise and stretch in PI with most of the processing done in PhotoShop. More experimentation with Topaz Denoise and Star Bursts. I also decided to blend in some detail information from a previous imaging session to supplement spiral interest.

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