Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Benjamin Law
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Benjamin Law
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy M51. 

It takes 30 million years for the light from this face-on spiral galaxy to reach us. These two interacting galaxies (M51 and M51b aka NGC5195) are one of the most widely studied interacting galaxy pairs.  

The picture is taken in Bortle 7 backyard, Southern Ontario, Canada

Two scopes are used: 

EDGE8 f/10 (for details); 95x180s 
8" F/4 Newtonian (for colors) 114x180s
Total integration ~10 hours
Camera: ASI294MC-P

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Benjamin Law