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M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2), altazastro
M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2)
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M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2), altazastro
M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2)
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M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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The Whirlpool Galaxy is a great classic and I wanted to get a better shot at it with the Equinox 2 than my previous one .
It was almost full moon so possibly not the best condition, but it was a rather clear and slightly windy night in between many cloudy ones, so I had to take advantage of it.

Usually I process with StarTools directly the stack produced by the Equinox 2 telescope, because previous attempts at stacking the individual frames with Astro Pixel Processor had given, in my opinion, no significative improvement, while require quite some time  to produce the stack, but this time the offline stacking with APP was clearly able to provide a better result, showing more nebulosity.

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  • M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2), altazastro
    Original
  • M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2), altazastro
    C
  • Final
    M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2), altazastro
    D

C

Title: Binned 71%

Description: Binning at 71% with StarTools of the version stacked by Equinox 2. Some difference in color processing too.

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M51 - 20230705 - Equinox 2 (Stacked by Equinox 2), altazastro