Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5173  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  NGC 5229  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, andruby
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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This is the second galaxy I have imaged. This time I was using a field flattener, although I still need to properly adjust the back-focus.

There are trailing stars, which could be due to inaccurate polar alignment (no line of sight to Polaris) or the age of the mount.

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, andruby