Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  3HSPJ133044.2+470359  ·  HD117815  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  MQ J132835.82+471732.8  ·  MQ J132836.66+471042.9  ·  MQ J132846.47+470451.9  ·  MQ J132856.43+471110.7  ·  MQ J132900.62+471145.8  ·  MQ J132900.74+473049.6  ·  MQ J132907.78+472138.4  ·  MQ J132908.96+471920.0  ·  MQ J132920.18+470714.7  ·  MQ J132925.01+472455.0  ·  MQ J132935.04+471956.4  ·  MQ J132935.07+471212.4  ·  MQ J132935.48+472652.4  ·  MQ J132938.58+471832.9  ·  MQ J132938.65+471336.0  ·  MQ J132947.29+471028.8  ·  MQ J132952.94+471916.9  ·  MQ J132953.00+472431.6  ·  MQ J132953.71+472238.1  ·  MQ J132958.26+465926.4  ·  MQ J132958.48+471336.6  ·  MQ J132958.93+470010.9  ·  MQ J133005.99+465733.3  ·  MQ J133010.90+471044.5  ·  MQ J133011.43+470511.4  ·  And 67 more.
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The Majestic M51 in HaLRGB, Anthony Brunet-Bessette
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The Majestic M51 in HaLRGB

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The Majestic M51 in HaLRGB, Anthony Brunet-Bessette
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The Majestic M51 in HaLRGB

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Description

I present you M51, the whirlpool galaxy in HaLRGB.
This is a total of 8 hours mixed in both bortle 4 and 6.

Details :

Blue : 12 x 300 s
Green : 11 x 300 s
Red : 6 x 300 s
H-alpha : 8 x 300 s
Luminance : 62 x 300 s
Total : 99 x 300 s = about 8 h

Equipment

Sky-Watcher EQ6R pro
Celestron Edge HD 8" with reducer F/7
ZWO ASI294MM pro with filter wheel 8x1.25" and Baader CMOS Optimized SHOLRGB filters
Celestron OAG + ZWO ASI174MM mini
ZWO ASIair +
Pre-processed in AstroPixelProcessor et processed in Pixinsight.

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The Majestic M51 in HaLRGB, Anthony Brunet-Bessette