M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, schmelly

M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, schmelly

M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Description

After a long wait I could finally do a longer integration on a single target. As my last try on M51 was lacking integration time and proper colors I tried it again, this time with the upcoming SPCC in Siril.

Image data:
  • Integration time of ~7.8 hours
  • Captured over three nights from 12.05.24-15.05.24 from my balkony in Paderborn (Bortle 6ish)


Workflow:
  • Stacking in Sirilic and Siril 1.3.1.dev
  • Crop in Siril
  • RBF Background Extraction in GraXpert
  • SPCC in Siril
  • Deconvolution in Siril
  • Noise Reduction in GraXpert
  • GHS-Stretch in Siril
  • Star removal with Starnet in Siril
  • Removal of chromatic abberations in Darktable
  • Recombination and polishing in Affinity Photo (clarity, unsharp mask, vibrance, saturation, background brightness)

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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, schmelly