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M51

 

The famous and very popular Whirlpool Galaxy, or N.I.N.A. calls it the Question Mark Galaxy.

seems to be a very popular target this time of year.

 

Drizzle Integrated.

Lum: 144 @ 60s

Red: 36@ 120s

Green: 36 @ 120s

Blue: 36@ 120s

300 minutes or 5 hours total integration

Data Collected May 21-23, 2020 from Ridgecrest CA.

Telescope: Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian.

Mount Orion Atlas Pro Az/Eq-G

Guide Camera ZWO 290mm Mini with OAG

Camera ZWO ASI 1600MM-Pro

Zwo Filters

 

Captured with N.I.N.A, Processed with PixInsight

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