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, the Whirlpool galaxy, Matteo Mooren
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M51, the Whirlpool galaxy

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M51, the Whirlpool galaxy

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Object type : Spiral galaxy, class SA(s)bc pec
Distance : 23 million lightyears
Starcount : >100 billion
Diameter : 60,000 lightyears

Over 2 nights (with allmost full moon) I shooted with different filters for 6 hours of exposures. The first night with the 'normal' L-pro filter, the second night with the narrowband L-enhance filter. Because I used also the narrowband filter, the star formation areas are a lot more visible than only with the L-pro filter.

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M51, the Whirlpool galaxy, Matteo Mooren