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, astronewbie
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, astronewbie
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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Description

My first attempt at imaging with the Askar OAG and Starizona SCT on the C8.

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  • M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, astronewbie
    Original
  • M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, astronewbie
    B
  • Final
    M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, astronewbie
    C

B

Description: I reprocessed M51 using a a slightly different workflow per Lukomatico's tutorial on OSC Galaxy Processing. This really helped bring out the Ha which I know had to be there using the Antlia Triband RGB Ultra filter.

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C

Description: I reprocessed to bring out more of the details and rotated the image. Interested in any feedback.

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, astronewbie