Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, mr1337
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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, mr1337
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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

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This is my second attempt at m51 from the back yard this year. The first attempt had some issues with insufficient dithering and bad dark frames, after capturing some better Lum data with a few hours of Ha, I was finally able to get a halfway decent image. Started to get some of the tidal tail, but I'm thinking I would need a lot more data from this Bortle 8/9 zone to be able to bring that feature out.

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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, mr1337