M51 Whirlpool first attempt

[gonzostar]

This is my version of of M51 the whirlpool  galaxy and a couple more fuzzies

The data has being collected over a few nights and heavily cropped.  

Telescope - 102mm APO ES refractor on a AVX mount

Camera- Canon 70d unmoded iso800 with a IDAS-D2 filter.  

Duration 15hours of  300s lights frames

Darks, flats and bias frames also taken

                        

Guided with PHD2 and processed in PS

Cheers thanks for looking, and of course any improvements welcome

Dean 

 

[MessierMatt]

This is amazing.  I know I cannot get anywhere near this with my set up but very inspiring.

[gonzostar]

On 17/05/2023 at 18:58, MessierMatt said:

This is amazing.  I know I cannot get anywhere near this with my set up but very inspiring.

Cheers, If I  can anyone can. 😁 Taken a while but worth the perseverance. Still  not as good as many other people's efforts though