Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  MQ J132836.66+471042.9  ·  MQ J132856.43+471110.7  ·  MQ J132900.62+471145.8  ·  MQ J132908.96+471920.0  ·  MQ J132920.18+470714.7  ·  MQ J132925.01+472455.0  ·  MQ J132935.04+471956.4  ·  MQ J132935.07+471212.4  ·  MQ J132938.58+471832.9  ·  MQ J132938.65+471336.0  ·  MQ J132947.29+471028.8  ·  MQ J132952.94+471916.9  ·  MQ J132953.71+472238.1  ·  MQ J132958.48+471336.6  ·  MQ J132958.93+470010.9  ·  MQ J133010.90+471044.5  ·  MQ J133011.43+470511.4  ·  MQ J133019.92+471140.5  ·  MQ J133020.44+470647.6  ·  MQ J133021.73+470340.1  ·  MQ J133025.07+471314.8  ·  MQ J133028.37+471520.3  ·  MQ J133059.92+471207.7  ·  MQ J133101.62+471032.1  ·  MQ J133103.35+471321.8  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  And 15 more.
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M51 - APOD by Astronomia 19th May 2022, Anthony Brunet-Bessette
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M51 - APOD by Astronomia 19th May 2022

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M51 - APOD by Astronomia 19th May 2022, Anthony Brunet-Bessette
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M51 - APOD by Astronomia 19th May 2022

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I got my very first APOD yesterday, and I am so happy!
This is 8 hours on M51, the whirlpool galaxy in Bortle 4 and 6.
Here is the link :
Galassia vortice M51 – APOD by Astronomia.com


Equipment :
Sky-Watcher EQ6R pro
Celestron Edge HD 8″ with reducer F/7
ZWO ASI294MM pro with filter wheel 8×1.25″ and Baader CMOS Optimized SHOLRGB filters
Celestron OAG + ZWO ASI174MM mini
ZWO ASIair +
Pre-processed in AstroPixelProcessor and processed in Pixinsight.

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M51 - APOD by Astronomia 19th May 2022, Anthony Brunet-Bessette