Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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Whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 with EdgeHD 8", Jos Henrichs
Whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 with EdgeHD 8"
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Whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 with EdgeHD 8"

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Whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 with EdgeHD 8", Jos Henrichs
Whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 with EdgeHD 8"
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Whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 with EdgeHD 8"

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One of the first objects taken with my new equipment: ASI2600mm pro with EdgeHD 8" during two consecutive reasonable clear nights in my Bortle 6 area. In total I was able to shoot 36 subs of 300s for each of the the LRGB&Ha filters, in total 15 hours aquisition time.
First, calibration, stacking, background extraction, color compositing and stretching with Siril 1.06.
Next, I separated the stars from the LRGB image, processed the starless picture separately with Photoshop and combined it with the starless Ha-image. After being satisfied with the picture I added the LRGB stars.

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Whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 with EdgeHD 8", Jos Henrichs