Messier 51

[toxic]

Messier_51

37x600 sec L

9x300 sec each R/G/B channels

6x600 sec HA

total time 9 hours 25 mins.

the best i can get from round here.

thanks for looking and all critique welcome 

 

 

[johnrt]

Very nice! I'm particularly impressed by the amount of flux you have around the galaxies. It almost joins in a loop across the top!

[toxic]

thank you John

it has been a so and so to process to get the background even due to very bad LP

i think this is the best i can do with this.

[toxic]

lol oops just noticed the title is m57  and not m51 ha 

 

[Stu]

13 minutes ago, toxic said:

lol oops just noticed the title is m57  and not m51 ha 

 

Is it? ??

[laudropb]

Very nice image.

[PeterCPC]

Nice one.

Peter

[StargeezerTim]

That is a lovely image Chris!

The M51 is excellent but I really love the tight stars and the spikes. It looks a bit like a fairytale scene. Beautiful.

[toxic]

thanks Stu erm it was lol

 

[toxic]

thank you Laudropb

[toxic]

thanks Peter

[toxic]

thank you very much Tim

i like the spikes they are the joys of a newt and because i like them i modded my scope to accommodate them  got a bit of wire wool and ran it across the top of the spider vanes (not the sides) they catch just that little bit more light. but i have found that if you flock the sides of the vanes then it really reduces the spikes.

 

Edited May 2, 2016 by toxic

[RSM]

Nice, very nice. Not only the lovely detail and colours in the galaxy and the surrounding clouds, but the stars a wonderful. Like StargeezerTim quoted, almost like a fairytale scene. 

[toxic]

thank you Richard

[RippyTheGator]

Beautiful! Love the colours. The background stars look awesome too.

[toxic]

thank you Rippy