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M 51

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:26 am
by Stefan B
Maybe preliminary but with such a bright object the processing was pretty straightforward and the result already looked okay to me with only one night worth of data:

Image

See https://www.astrobin.com/tgkx4e/0/ for technical details.

Regards
Stefan

Re: M 51

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:03 am
by Mike in Rancho
Awesome. :bow-yellow: This is on my list too!

Re: M 51

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:00 am
by Stefan B
Thanks, Mike. Give it a try, it's certainly not as hard as Centaurus A :lol:

Regards
Stefan

Re: M 51

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:46 pm
by decay
Hi Stefan, once again: fascinating depth and a background full of "life". :thumbsup:
Regards, Dietmar.

Re: M 51

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:22 am
by Stefan B
Hi Dietmar,

thanks, Dietmar, greatly appreciated!
decay wrote: Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:46 pm ... a background full of "life". :thumbsup:
I hope this doesn't mean it's uneven ;) I tried my best to make it flat :lol:

Regards
Stefan

Re: M 51

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:02 am
by fmeireso
Nice shot!