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M51, Whirlpool Galaxy, 20230226, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, Ryan Smith
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M51, Whirlpool Galaxy, 20230226, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

M51, Whirlpool Galaxy, 20230226, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, Ryan Smith
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M51, Whirlpool Galaxy, 20230226, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

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This is my first submission to AstroBim. I've been in the astrophotography hobby for 2-years. This was my second target with my new monochrome camera. Previously, I only had used one shot color. My OTA is an EDGE HD 8 with 0.7x reducer sitting on a an iOptron GEM45 and Tri-Pier. The camera is a ZWO ASI6200MM, guiding with a OAG and ASI174MM. The Moon had set early. Winds were calm. Seeing and transparency were above average. I shot 20 luminance and 10 each RGB, 5 minutes each frame. I used Pixinsight and PSCC to process and edit the final image.

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M51, Whirlpool Galaxy, 20230226, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, Ryan Smith