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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, Hans Kelgtermans
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

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

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

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My first serious attempt at AP - first target on the list was M51. Already saw some vague notions of it when I tried to image before using my Celestron 9.25 Edge HD (unguided) and an unmodded Nikon D60.

This attempt was my first longer project (capturing enough lights, right calibration frames, ...) using another setup (80mm triplet APO, ZWO ASI 183 MC Pro), and I'm pretty pleased. The journey from RAW data to this image was pretty challenging, but ending up with this result makes it worth for sure. Really looking forward to my next one!

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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, Hans Kelgtermans

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