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M 51, Tyler Porter
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M 51

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M 51

Revision title: M51 Full Resolution

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Description

M 51 taken from my back yard in a Borttle 8/9 zone. I affixed a 135mm canon lens with DSLR to my AT130 as well and was able to experiment with the multi scale gradient correction procedure outlined by Vincent Peris from the pixinsight team.

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Title: M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

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C

Title: M51 Full Resolution

Description: Reworked data again. Tried to keep background between 25-30 ADU.

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M 51, Tyler Porter