Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, Ken Sablinsky
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M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, Ken Sablinsky
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M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy

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I have an older M51 shot in my collection that I wasn't very happy with. I wanted to try again with a better camera, monochrome this time instead of a less expensive one-shot-color, and with now a lot more post processing experience. I've also just subscribed to Adam Block's PixInsight Fundamentals video classes, and took a few techniques I learned and applied them here. I'm just scratching the surface, and look forward to deep-diving further into his lessons. I'm sure there will be image revisions as I learn more!

126x lum taken this month, combined with RGB data from last month. All at 0 gain, HGC mode, 180 second exposures.

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M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, Ken Sablinsky