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 / NGC 5194, Mario Wunderlich
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Whirlpool Galaxy / Messier 51 / NGC 5194

Revision title: Improved color, brightness, and contrast. Also reduced the sharpening so it doesn't look so "deep fried"

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Whirlpool Galaxy / Messier 51 / NGC 5194, Mario Wunderlich
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Whirlpool Galaxy / Messier 51 / NGC 5194

Revision title: Improved color, brightness, and contrast. Also reduced the sharpening so it doesn't look so "deep fried"

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This photograph of the Whirlpool Galaxy, aka Messier 51, took me over 8 hours of long exposure photographs in monochrome using LRGB + H-alpha filters from my home observatory.

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Title: Improved color, brightness, and contrast. Also reduced the sharpening so it doesn't look so "deep fried"

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Whirlpool Galaxy / Messier 51 / NGC 5194, Mario Wunderlich