Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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Messier 51 - color shift due to atmosspheric Sahara-dust, Georg N. Nyman
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Messier 51 - color shift due to atmosspheric Sahara-dust

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Messier 51 - color shift due to atmosspheric Sahara-dust, Georg N. Nyman
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Messier 51 - color shift due to atmosspheric Sahara-dust

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M51 shows usually a color range from blueish to reddish but not like that, what I have recorded yesterday. Due to the large amount of dust from the Sahara, which is floating high in the Atmossphere, the colors are altered - a rather strange look.
Nevertheless, the skies were extremely clear and stable and therefore more details than I have seen before had been recorded.

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Messier 51 - color shift due to atmosspheric Sahara-dust, Georg N. Nyman