Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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Whirlpool Galaxy M51, BryanHudson
Whirlpool Galaxy M51
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Whirlpool Galaxy M51

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Whirlpool Galaxy M51, BryanHudson
Whirlpool Galaxy M51
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Whirlpool Galaxy M51

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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) with 75% Moon from Bortle 7 driveway. Surprised it worked out this well.
~ Celestron C8 XLT with .63 reducer
~ ASI533MC Pro with Optolong L-Pro filter
~ ZWO AM3 mount
~ 40, 120 second lights with flats and bias frames, guided and dithered
~ Captured and stacked using ASIAir Plus
~ Processed using PIxinsight (DBE, BXT, NXT, SXT, Pixel Math), Edited starless image in Lightroom and Photoshop

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Whirlpool Galaxy M51, BryanHudson