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 Whirpool Galaxy, Ben Loftin
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M51 Whirpool Galaxy

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M51 Whirpool Galaxy

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Taken back on 4/29/21 over 2 nights as it has taken this long to figure out how to do some image processing on galaxies

Celestron AVX Mount
Meade Series 6000 70mm Quad ED Astrograph f/5 Refractor
Meade Series 6000 50mm Guide Scope ZWO ASI120MC 
Guide Camera ZWO ASI294MM
Main Camera Optolong HA LRGB filters
ZWO EAF ZWO EFW
Ha 25x 300 sec
L 57x 120 sec
R 50x 120 sec
G 56x 120 sec
B 63x 120 sec
Bortle: class 6
Elevation: 1758 meters
Location: South Denver
ASIAir Pro, guide/sequence etc.
Pixinsight- Calibrate,CC, Weighted subframes, align, dynamic crop, DBE, LRGBCombination RGB, Background Neutralization, PhotometricColorCalibration,Stretch,HDRMT, LRGBCombination LRGB, stretch, SCNR Green, NBRGBComination,DBE,SCNR Green, Stretch,Dynamic Crop

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M51 Whirpool Galaxy, Ben Loftin