Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51, Emilio Frangella
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M51

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M51

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Description

This is the target i used to learn astrophotography with my Celestron C11 since i started in November last year. I went through an unguided setup to a guidescope to an OAG, tried different focal reducers, different cameras and learned about exposure times and different acquisition techniques. The end result after months of testing and learning is the image above. Exposure length is not where i would like it to be but between learning, experimenting and bad weather there wasnt much time left to acquire good data.

Setup:

- Celestron C11
- Omegon OAG deluxe
- ASI 174MM guide camera
- ASI 294 MC pro
- Baader filter drawer
- Starizona 0.63x corrector IV
- iOptron CEM70

Acquisition details

408x30 sec, 70x60 sec RGB
51x60 sec Ha

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M51, Emilio Frangella