Messier 51 - Whirlpool

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Friday 7th April finally gave me a clear-ish night to lug the gear outside and do an imaging run.

The less said about that, the better - nothing to show except that at least it all still worked. Images were pretty rubbish, due to chronic guiding - I really need to sort that.

Might've helped if I had connected the lead to the dew band to a power outlet that was switched on!

However, it made me remember a night in March 2021 when I imaged M51. For some mysterious reason, I never processed it.

So here is an image from 2021, a total of 5 hours in 180s subs - darks, flats & darkflats as usual, but no filters.

AA 102 EDT & AA269c - captured with APT and processed & annotated in PI.

Not the best, not my worst.