Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51, William
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M51

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M51

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This is my first attempt at capturing M51 with a 114mm F7.89 Konus Newtonian a Orion Shorty x2 Barlow and a Canon T3i unmodded DSLR.

I captured these subs between 80 degrees before and after the meridian in a Bortle 6 zone.

Stacked 12x300 sec lights, 100 flats, 100 bias, and 10 darks with AstroPixelProcessor and then finishing touches with Photoshop.

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M51, William