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M 51 imaged from 23 Deg South - Namibia, Kfir Simon
M 51 imaged from 23 Deg South - Namibia
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M 51 imaged from 23 Deg South - Namibia

M 51 imaged from 23 Deg South - Namibia, Kfir Simon
M 51 imaged from 23 Deg South - Namibia
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M 51 imaged from 23 Deg South - Namibia

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M51 In a wide field

This 1.5X1.5 wide field shows the beautiful M 51.

In this deep image you can find many small galaxies in the background.

This Northern object DEC +47 was suprisingly imaged from Namibia at 23 DEG SOUTH!!!

Due to the absolute darkest skies in Tivoli - some frames were imaged 8 degrees above the horizon!

It took 7 nights with about 50 min per night (when the galaxy was at the zenith) to produce this unique image.

Enjoy

LRGB image

Luminance for 4 hrs (bin 1)

RGB - 30 min per color (bin 2)

Total of 5.5 HRS

Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.

Apogee Alta U-16M camera.

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia

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M 51 imaged from 23 Deg South - Namibia, Kfir Simon