M51 with TOA150

[Xplode]

I haven't really posted many images lately despite the good weather the last few months, here's an image from the beginning of march taken of M51 taken through a "smallish" refractor, i guess many people believe this kind of detail isn't possible without a larger reflector...
Seeing was pretty good for Norway over several weeks in february/march which made this possible
It's a little on the noisy side, but remember there's no luminance and the scope isn't the fastest at f/7.3.
I've done some carefull noise reduction since i think it's better to keep some noise than to remove the noise altogheter.

 

Gear

Mount 10 Micron GM2000
Telescope TOA150B with 645 flattener

ZWO ASI6200MM

R 160x120s
G 160x120s
B 180x120s
Ha 180x120s

Total time 19.3 hours

Imaged from Askvang Observatory owned by Tommy Linnerud

Thanks for any comments

This version is heavily cropped, click for full resolution

 

Full FOV version at 50% resolution

Edited April 19, 2020 by Xplode

[fate187]

Wow! and this without Lum channel. Very nice!

[ShineOn]

45 minutes ago, Xplode said:

here's an image from the beginning of march taken of M51 taken through a "smallish" refractor

I'd like a "smallish" refractor like that! 😆, Great image.

[Xplode]

6 hours ago, ShineOn said:

I'd like a "smallish" refractor like that! 😆, Great image.

Me too!
I'm just the operator of my friends observatory so the gear used isn't mine

[Adam1234]

That's incredible, well done