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- LRGB  Redux, Scott Badger
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M51- LRGB Redux

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M51- LRGB  Redux, Scott Badger
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M51- LRGB Redux

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M51 is one of my favorite targets. Just the right size/distance for my setup -- lots of detail but still enough FOV to show the expansive tidal streaming and a few background galaxies -- plus colorful, and a companion!....not just another pretty grand design! Anyhow, not really by plan it's become an annual target. Additional data plus new gear, tools, techniques, and gained (I hope....) experience. This time I only added luminance and Ha to my previous effort, and at a longer focal length, and a slightly different camera rotation.....so a bit of two steps forward, one step back on the data front. Still working on the Ha version and will post it separately.

HaLRGB version: https://www.astrobin.com/nvsn3k/

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M51- LRGB  Redux, Scott Badger