Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5173  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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m51, Whirlpool Galaxy, NGC 5194, Greg Meyer MD
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m51, Whirlpool Galaxy, NGC 5194

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m51, Whirlpool Galaxy, NGC 5194, Greg Meyer MD
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m51, Whirlpool Galaxy, NGC 5194

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Much better than my shot 2 years ago! what a difference with practice, and a dark sky. I shot this in northern Arizona bortle1, no moon. I did add a little Ha shot from central Phoenix. I counted 39 other galaxies in my annotation, there is a lot going on out there.

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m51, Whirlpool Galaxy, NGC 5194, Greg Meyer MD