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 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Barry Flansburg
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Barry Flansburg
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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This is one of the first images with my new 7" Stellarvue refractor. It is 3.7 hours of LRGBHa exposures of M51 taken from my backyard in the New Mexico Astronomy Village. It has been cropped to highlight the galaxy.

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Barry Flansburg