M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy in widefield

[steppenwolf]

The sky was tolerably good last night but there were still wisps of cloud an an overall mistiness lit up by the Moon but I was determined to see the Perseids shower. While waiting (unsuccessfully as it transpired) I had a go at imaging an old favourite but in a wide field context. 13 subframes of 300 seconds each with my SXVF-M25C and 200mm Skywatcher Reflector. I also captured NGC5198 and NGC5169, just visible on the right hand side of the frame.

Ironically, I did see a meteor trail but coming from the south as it did, it wasn't what I was looking for, beautiful sight though it was!

[Deneb]

Thats a great steve. In widefield it looks even more better.

[Beulah]

What a beautiful photograph. Very graceful.

[Andromeda]

Beautifull! Thanks alot for that one

[skye at night]

lovely steve.....

[Taff]

Hi Steve' thats a great capture of the 2 galaxies nice and clear with you.Mark

[ncjunk]

lovely capture, shame about the perseids.

NC

[Rob]

One of my fave DSO's.. Thats a nice image.

[Coco]

yes I agree with others , that's a nice interesting coloured image with great details.

Guy....

[steppenwolf]

Thanks for your comments folks!