Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD117815  ·  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy and M51B, Andrea Martignano
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy and M51B

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy and M51B, Andrea Martignano
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy and M51B

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Acquisition of this terrific subject in a very windy night, so frame of only 8 seconds. It seems to me that I had to deal with more noise than normal acquisition of 3 mins, and I have probably captured less gas. Nevertheless I'm happy for this first result!

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Description: More detailed and natural looking processing, retaining the visibility of the distant galaxies IC4263, IC4277 and IC4278. Both stacking and processing in PixInsight.

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Description: More respectful processing of low signal data

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy and M51B, Andrea Martignano