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Whirpool Galaxy M51 - Seestar S50, Andrej Flis
Whirpool Galaxy M51 - Seestar S50
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Whirpool Galaxy M51 - Seestar S50

Whirpool Galaxy M51 - Seestar S50, Andrej Flis
Whirpool Galaxy M51 - Seestar S50
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Whirpool Galaxy M51 - Seestar S50

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Description

The Whirpool Galaxy M51, with 22h of integration (8157*10s), all captured from my Bortle 3/4 home, with the ZWO Seestar S50.

All subframes were stacked and processed in Pixinsight with 3x Drizzle and after-corrected using the Adobe Lightroom app and upscaled.
I only began processing astro-images in mid-February when I got my Seestar, so there is a lot that I need to improve in my workflow in Pixinsight.

But for a 500$/€ device, the Seestar S50 is really an amazing piece of Astro kit, mainly intended for EAA. However, having the option to save individual subframes makes it much more versatile.
It contains a 50mm triplet APO f5, Sony IMX462, and an alt-az drive with ago-to with simple app control.

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    Original
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    B
  • Final
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    C

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Whirpool Galaxy M51 - Seestar S50, Andrej Flis