M51 With a Short Refractor (Yeah, I Know...)

[eshy76]

Hello again!

Like most of you, I'm sure, I've gulped down the clear skies after the winter famine, but was literally caught short with my William Optics Z73 for galaxy season...no matter, just keep shooting right?

Here is my M51...I'll post the quite dramatic wider field in the next post, M51 looks somewhat lonely in it. I've cropped in as close as I dare as my trusty first scope meets its limit in terms of resolving details...

...I'm really happy with it! Both my refractor and the ASI1600 keep surprising me with what they can do.

3.6 hours of integration time made up of 30 second subs.

Full details here

Thanks for looking as always!

Edited April 15, 2020 by eshy76
Grammar!

[eshy76]

And the wider original field...you can see how much I cropped in!

[domstar]

I like the second one even more. As you said- looking lonely.

[MarkAR]

Very nice images, does look a little lonely in the wide field.

[tooth_dr]

Very nice quality images, looks good in both FOVs.

[TerryMcK]

M51 is the target I’m going for tonight with the same scope but different ZWO camera that gets in slightly closer (but not much!)

Fabulous pictures @eshy76

[eshy76]

Thank you for the kind words everyone - good luck @TerryMcK...would that be the 183?

[TerryMcK]

It is indeed the ZWO ASI183MC OSC tonight.