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The Whirlpool Galaxy - Messier 51

Telescope Equipment:
Mount – Celestron CGEM DX
Scope – TS Photoline 115mm f/6.96
Guider- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Filter – Optolong L-Pro
Imaging Camera:
ZWO ASI533MC Pro – Gain 100, Offset 70, Temp -30°C
Image Details:
Light: 60x240s
Dark: 30x240s
Flat: 30×0.662s (25,000 ADU ±5%)
Dark-Flat: 30×0.662s
Software:
Image Capture – Astro Photography Tools (APT) – PhD2
Pre-Processing, Stacking, Stretching – Siril 0.99, DeepSkyStacker
Starnett ++ – to separate nebula from stars
Post Processing – Adobe Photoshop CC, Astronomy Tools Action Set for Photoshop
Image Taken:
January 20-21, 2022
Photographed from the When Pigs Fly Observatory