Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
A star and two galaxies, meeus
A star and two galaxies
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A star and two galaxies

A star and two galaxies, meeus
A star and two galaxies
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A star and two galaxies

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I never imaged M51 before as I felt it was not a very interesting and too common target. Also small angular dimensions mean inefficient usage of sensor real estate.

Well, I was wrong. I was lucky to have good seeing which brought out detail in both main and companion galaxies that I did not expect to see.

The cropped version is presented at native resolution of 0.78"/pixel.

H-alpha signal collected from the backyard helped pop those star formation regions.

Overall, I am very happy with the result with less than 3 hours of luminance.

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A star and two galaxies, meeus