M51 - ASI1600MM-Cool

[IanL]

My latest stab at M51.  Not bad but needs more hours of data really, plus the stars need better processing.

Acquisition: Sky-Watcher Evostar 80ED DS-Pro, Sky-Watcher 0.85x reducer, ZWO ASI1600MM, Atik EFW2, Astronomik LRGB 1.25″
Mount/Guiding: Orion ST80, QHY 5, PHD2, Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod, Sequence Generator Pro
Processing: PixInsight 1.8.04
Date: Jan. 22, 2017
Lights: L 14 x 300 seconds, RGB 10 x 300 seconds each, -15C
Bias: 300
Darks: 100
Flats: 25

[Grant]

Very nice Ian - it's great to see it in a wider FOV giving you more of a context of where it sits and the other fain fuzzies around it

[Mick J]

Wot Grant said , like that very much Ian.

[triton1]

Wow outstanding!