Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2025 May 30 - 23:00

Uploaded

2025 Jun 07 - 15:49

Objects

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h29^m
Dec: +47°11'
Position angle: +85°58'

Field size

0°18' × 0°12'

Equipment

Telescope: 20" f/4 Obsession Dobsonian; Paracorr coma corrector
AS! 294MM Pro with LRGB filters

Exposure

3x150 frame live stacks for each filter; 2s exposure, gain 450, temp 1C, dark and flats corrected

Location

Miradoux, S.W. France

Target name

M51

Title

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

About this image

Images captured using SharpCap's live stacking routine. Images aligned, stacked and processed with Affinity Photo and GraXpert. Excellent seeing conditions very sharp stars, object high altitude.

Files associated with this observation

M51 M Greenhill Hooper 300525 2.jpeg (704.2 kB)

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Comments

Paul Whitmarsh, 2025 Jun 08 - 19:17 UTC

Outstanding!

Oliver Hext, 2025 Jun 21 - 13:00 UTC

It looks alive...stunning!

Dr Paul Leyland, 2025 Jun 25 - 13:39 UTC

Nice, also, to see the background galaxies bright, sharp and in full colour. So often they are processed to oblivion by attempts to make the stars of the show (wordplay intentional) stand out better.

Mike Greenhill-Hooper, 2025 Jun 27 - 16:17 UTC

Thank you all for your kind comments!

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