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 Galaxy), Gerould Kern
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M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)

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M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)

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I took this photo with a Celestron RASA 8 for a total exposure time of about 3.5 hours amid Bortle 7 skies. The short focal length of this f/2 instrument is a challenge for some relatively small objects. But given the circumstances, the telescope revealed a lot of structure in M51.

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M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy), Gerould Kern