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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Rian Bergen
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Rian Bergen
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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Description

This is a combination of data taken over 3 days. I was generally surprised by the clear skies as well as the amount of data I managed to take. I did make a mistake with the first day of acquisition of Luminescence and Darks by accidentally collecting them at GAIN 0 instead of GAIN 200 like everything else. Overall, however, I am really proud of this image.

Processing Details:

* All images stacked using DeepSkyStacker

* LUM Image

* Converted to 16BIT using Equalize Histogram

* Unsharp Mask 200% @ 2 Pixels

* LRGB Image

* R to Red Chanel

* G to Green Chanel

* B to Blue Chanel

* Convert to 16BIT using Exposure and Gamma

* 4 Curves and 2 Levels Adjustments

* Unsharpen Mask 150% @ 2 Pixels

* Added Luminosity Layer at 100%

* 1 Levels Adjustment

* RC-Astro GradientXTerminator @ MediumxMedium

* Final Crop

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Rian Bergen