Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, James Lechleiter
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, James Lechleiter
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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First time I tried 5 second exposures with this scope. FWHM was little noisier than I liked, but final image was nice. Workflow for original was Pixinsight DBE to remove background gradients, Luminance mask prior to MLT Luminance / Chrominance reduction of background noise. Color corrected with Photometric Color Calibration. Contrast adjusted with Screen Transfer Function, followed by Curves Transformation.

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Description: Applied the Topaz DeNoise AI filter in low light mode

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, James Lechleiter