Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5173  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (HaLRGB), Earl Hebert
Powered byPixInsight

M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (HaLRGB)

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (HaLRGB), Earl Hebert
Powered byPixInsight

M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (HaLRGB)

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Imaging Telescope: Celestron RASA 8

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI294MM-Pro

Guide Scope: William Optics 200mm f/4

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini

Focusing: ZWO EAF

Mount: iOptron CEM40

Polar Alignment: iPolar / ASIAir Pro

Bortle Class: 6

Integration Time: 9.7 Hours

Frames: 72 x 60s R

58 x 60s G

79 x 60s B

147 x120s L

79 x 60s Ha

Filters: Astronomik LRGB DeepSky

Astronomik Ha MaxFR 12nm

Integration: PixInsight/Topaz DeNoise AI/Topaz GigaPixel AI

Comments

Revisions

  • M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (HaLRGB), Earl Hebert
    Original
  • M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (HaLRGB), Earl Hebert
    B
  • Final
    M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (HaLRGB), Earl Hebert
    C

B

Description: Added about 4 hours to the Luminance give this revision a total of 9.7 hours of integration.

Uploaded: ...

C

Description: Tried a different process using the ArcsinhStretch in Pixinsight...WAY BETTER results.

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (HaLRGB), Earl Hebert