A close-up of The Whirlpool Galaxy - LRGB 17hrs

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

Greetings!

Today I will be sharing with you all, the coolest galaxy in the night sky: Messier 51- The Whirlpool Galaxy.
I gathered a total of 17 hours of data (14hrs Lum, 3hrs RGB) under bortle 4.5 skies. This was a very quick process with the RGB but the color turned out exactly as I wanted it to. I may re process this again but I’m extremely happy with these results! This wasn’t supposed to be a project until late March or April but I just couldn’t help myself?. Hope you all enjoy one of our galactic neighbors

Equipment:
Astro-Tech 8rc (.82pix/")
CEM60 gem
Atik 414ex monochrome ccd
QHY5L-ii autoguider
Astrodon LRGB

[Demonperformer]

Yep, quite a lot of detail in that. Nice one.

[Paul73]

Very nice. Just like I see it in my scope (using my very best averted imagination)!

Love the dust clouds NGC5195, they really stand out.

Paul

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice indeed. Great detail in the fainter areas

[sloz1664]

Very good close up of a popular subject, great detail and nicely processed.

Steve

[tomato]

My favourite type of DSO image, great job!?

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

9 hours ago, tomato said:

My favourite type of DSO image, great job!?

Thank you, sir!

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

18 hours ago, sloz1664 said:

Very good close up of a popular subject, great detail and nicely processed.

Steve

Thanks Steve! Clear skies