Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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Galaxy M51/51a Whirlpool, Stephen Heliczer FRAS
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Galaxy M51/51a Whirlpool

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Galaxy M51/51a Whirlpool, Stephen Heliczer FRAS
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Galaxy M51/51a Whirlpool

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Whirlpool Galaxy, M51a, A combination of 100 subs from 2020 and about 40 captures last night, good transparency between the clouds.

140 subs total x 60 seconds each plus darks and flats.

Taken from my back garden in North London, Bortal 7(?)

Guided Celestron Edge HD 8 on AVX Mount, ASI294MCPro with Sharpcap, Astro Pixel Processor, PaintShop Pro and Topaz. No filters. Polar aligned with Polemaster.

Don't look too closely at the bloated stars and mucky background but I am quite pleased with the end result which perhaps demonstrates what can be done relatively quickly and easily in very poor conditions.

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Galaxy M51/51a Whirlpool, Stephen Heliczer FRAS