M51 - Observatory First Light (Kyle Goodwin)

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 - Observatory First Light

Revision title: Color Adjustment

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Revision title: Color Adjustment

This image of M51 represents the first light of my newly constructed observatory at the Deerlick Astronomy Village in Georgia. My observatory is fully automated and remote. Data acquisition is fully hands-off now that everything is working and I've built a target database. The final version at the higher plate scale is 2x drizzled and also incorporates Ha data I took before and after the main RGB exposures when the moon was up. This is my first time using drizzle, and I'm pleased with the result. Processing required a bit more care after drizzling and adding the Ha was a fine balance of emphasizing the star-forming regions without blowing things out too much. I used the continuum subtraction technique to add in the Ha for only the Ha-emission regions.

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Title: Reprocessed with Synthetic Luminance

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Title: Drizzled and Ha Enhanced

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Title: Color Adjustment

Description: Improved the background neutralization, adjusted color slightly overall to remove the green tint, and added slightly more noise reduction.

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RA (center)	13h29m52s.477
RA (top/left)	13h31m38s.822
RA (top/right)	13h30m10s.380
RA (bottom/right)	13h28m05s.672
RA (bottom/left)	13h29m34s.701

Dec (center)	+47°12′23″.90
Dec (top/left)	+47°09′18″.20
Dec (top/right)	+47°30′30″.30
Dec (bottom/right)	+47°15′21″.31
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°54′16″.30

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