Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 LRGB, Thomas J Schmidtkunz
M51 LRGB
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M51 LRGB

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M51 LRGB, Thomas J Schmidtkunz
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M51 LRGB

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Friends:    M51 needs no intro, and is on nearly everyone's favorites list.  
Imaged this from Beryl Junction Utah, elevation 5,150', with i Telecopes 17" Planewave.  
About 2 hours integration:  R, G, B = 7 x 5 minutes each, Lum = 7 x 3 min each.  
Created an LRGB and an RGB, and LRGB definitely created the better result. 
Like the way the galaxy turned out, but the stars could be better.   I think this 
will happen when I learn how to use masks well.  A fine object to image and observe. 
Tom Schmidtkunz.

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M51 LRGB, Thomas J Schmidtkunz

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