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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Andre Vilhena
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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Andre Vilhena
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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

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Hello,

This is my take on M51, one of the preferred objects in our community and alsp of mine. It's a tricky galaxy for my setup, which works at FL=634mm but fortunately drizzles comes to rescue...
Nonetheless, it is hard to get the kind of detail that some gorgeous photos have and therefore I focused in extracting the faint tidal streams around both galaxies, which I have found few photos have visible.

I hope you enjoy.

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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Andre Vilhena

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