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A first attempt at M51

Through March and into April I attempted to image Messier 51 with my Skywatcher ED80 and Atik 314L+ (mono). I ended up with twenty-six five-minute luminance exposures and nineteen three-minute exposures for each of red, green and blue for a … Continue reading

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A couple of galaxies

A couple more images from the Photoline 72 and ASI174MM last night. No filters, as for the earlier image of the Iris. M51 is 30 minutes of 90s subs, stacked, stretched and cropped, but no darks. Looking at the full … Continue reading

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