M51 Pat devine, Williams Optics Redcat 51 ZWO183mc pro, Optolong l-pro filter, ZWO air pro

M51 Pat devine, Williams Optics Redcat 51
ZWO183mc pro, Optolong l-pro filter, ZWO air pro

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy (Jonathan Anderson ) 4" f10 achro on HEQ5 Pro Canon 700d (umod) @ISO 1600 120x40sec + darks, flats etc. Processed DSS & GIMP

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy (Jonathan Anderson)
4″ f10 achro on HEQ5 Pro
Canon 700d (umod) @ISO 1600
120x40sec + darks, flats etc.
Processed DSS & GIMP

Whirlpool Galaxy or M51 (Ian Smith) Skywatcher 200p, NEQ6 mount, UV/IR Cut filter, Baader MPCC M3 coma corrector, ASI294MC Pro at -20C. NINA Observatory Software. 35 x 300 second (2 hours 55 minutes) at Gain 121, Offset 30, dithering every 3rd frame, 40 dark frames, 40 flat fields, 40 dark flat frames. Processed in APP, Topaz de-noise and Photoshop. 12th/13th April 2021.

Whirlpool Galaxy or M51 (Ian Smith)
Skywatcher 200p, NEQ6 mount, UV/IR Cut filter, Baader MPCC M3 coma corrector, ASI294MC Pro at -20C.
NINA Observatory Software.
35 x 300 second (2 hours 55 minutes) at Gain 121, Offset 30, dithering every 3rd frame, 40 dark frames, 40 flat fields, 40 dark flat frames.
Processed in APP, Topaz de-noise and Photoshop.
12th/13th April 2021.

 

M51 (Ramsay McIver) Takahashi FSQ-106ED with a Tak x 1.6 adaptor and a Canon x 1.4 on a Celestron AVX unguided with a Canon Ra. 31 x 30s @ ISO 6400 and 25 x 15s @ ISO 25600 stacked in APP and processed in Photoshop. No flats or darks were used to make this image. I think using the Tak 1.6 and the Canon 1.4 is just about taking the magnification as far as I can go, similar to a 1187mm lens on a FF camera.

M51 (Ramsay McIver)
Takahashi FSQ-106ED with a Tak x 1.6 adaptor and a Canon x 1.4 on a Celestron AVX unguided with a Canon Ra. 31 x 30s @ ISO 6400 and 25 x 15s @ ISO 25600 stacked in APP and processed in Photoshop. No flats or darks were used to make this image. I think using the Tak 1.6 and the Canon 1.4 is just about taking the magnification as far as I can go, similar to a 1187mm lens on a FF camera.

 

M51 Galaxy (Whirlpool) Canes Venatici (Hugh C. Somerville) Sat 15th May 2021

M51 Galaxy (Whirlpool) Canes Venatici (Hugh C. Somerville) Sat 15th May 2021

Whirlpool Galaxy ( William Bonar) Unistellar Equinox 25/12/21

Whirlpool Galaxy (
William Bonar)
Unistellar Equinox
25/12/21

M51 (Nigel Goodman) 030122 102ED 294C 0.75 red. LProMax 180s 391g 20ofs -15C (1 of 1)-DeNoiseAI-standard Imaged using 102 Ed and reducer which perhaps wasn't best for the target. As it is I heavily cropped the image.

M51 (Nigel Goodman)
030122 102ED 294C 0.75 red. LProMax 180s 391g 20ofs -15C (1 of 1)-DeNoiseAI-standard
Imaged using 102 Ed and reducer which perhaps wasn’t best for the target. As it is I heavily cropped the image.