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 (M51) - Bad seeing conditions (Sahara's dust), Gabriele
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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) - Bad seeing conditions (Sahara's dust)

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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) - Bad seeing conditions (Sahara's dust), Gabriele
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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) - Bad seeing conditions (Sahara's dust)

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This winter was really frustrating. Was living a couple of months in Germany and only had a few days to try my telescope. Then moved to Italy at the beginning of 2024 and also there bad weather.
Now I was back for May 1st bank holiday to Germany where my big telescope is, and I got just one night with a couple of hours of clear sky. Actually I had no clouds, but Sahara's sand in the sky :-(.

I tried anyway to see what I could get out of a Bortle 6 area with Sahara's sand in the sky and taking LRGB pictures of a galaxy instead of trying narrow band imaging of a nebula. This is what I could get out of 2.5 hours.

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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) - Bad seeing conditions (Sahara's dust), Gabriele