Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in H-alpha and a touch of Oiii, DBPeel
M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in H-alpha and a touch of Oiii
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M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in H-alpha and a touch of Oiii

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M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in H-alpha and a touch of Oiii, DBPeel
M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in H-alpha and a touch of Oiii
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M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in H-alpha and a touch of Oiii

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As I was processing a well known deep sky object, I thought it would be interesting to add RGB stars to the 4 1/2 hours of integration of Hydrogen-alpha I had captured recently.  Here is the result.

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M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy in H-alpha and a touch of Oiii, DBPeel