Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy), Frank Rogin
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M 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)

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M 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy), Frank Rogin
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M 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)

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This image is the reprocessed result from my first astronomy session in April 2015 after I rediscovered this wondeful hobby after years.

The setup was still quite rudimentary that means I used our family Canon 600D running on a GSO 8" f/5 GoTo Newton with its original metal tube. Flat frames and dithering were also completely unknown to me at that time. So PixInsight had to take over the complete job . Additionally, due to the lack of H-alpha sensitivity, the star forming regions do not come out very well.

Nevertheless I hope, you enjoy it.

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M 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy), Frank Rogin