M51 with 150PDS & 500D

[Grimbles]

Hi Everyone,

Been a little while since I posted an image, mostly due to poor weather etc.

Managed to get out for a couple of hours on Saturday and had a little while on M51.

150PDS with modded EOS500D on HEQ5 Guided.

Only 20 x 180s Lights ISO 1600 dithered with flats and bias.

Processed DSS and PS CC

I still have an issue on the left side of the image with elongated stars, I have pretty much tracked this down to just a fraction of sag in the focuser which I need to try to resolve.

A slight crop and and close cropped version.

 

 

Thanks

Martin

Edited May 6, 2019 by Grimbles

[tooth_dr]

Very nice Martin ??

[Rodd]

Stars are small--very nice

Rodd

[Thor92]

Wow sure that's not the Hubble 🛰️ I'm constantly blown away by some of these photos!