Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD117815  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy - my first galaxy image, Adam Kingry
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy - my first galaxy image

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First, I am astonished that I can take an image of a galaxy from my backyard. Second, I realize the detail is not there compared to some other images I've seen on Astrobin. It is a manual stack of 365 subs (about an hour) from my SeeStar using PixInsight. I decided to place the galaxy off center because I wanted to show the surrounding star colors. I'll admit, I am already becoming frustrated with the 1920x1080 max resolution of the SeeStar - even when 2x dithering. What I'd really like is the 2,000 mm focal length on my 8" SCT, mounted to an ZWO AM5 and my Fuji XT1. Maybe next month.

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy - my first galaxy image, Adam Kingry