Just looking into the endless sea of stars in that galaxy makes you wonder what life could look like and how it exists.
5 months ago | 1
Easily the best image of M51 I’ve seen . This looks very 3D and shows that the smaller galaxy is actually behind the main swirl . Nice 👍 Good , modest colour . Cheer
5 months ago | 0
Beautiful work, it’s amazing when you compare these images from today with those astronomy books from not even very long ago
5 months ago | 2
If you had asked me 40 years ago if a guy in his backyard could get photos like this, I would have said it's impossible. All thanks to the revolution in computer processing power.
5 months ago | 0
I did the whirlpool as one of my first shots. I was manually tracking, spent an hour finding the target, got 10 1 minute shots of blurred stars and then lost the target again. I now have an asiair and a goto mount. Life is much easier now 🤣
5 months ago (edited) | 0
I saw M51 last night on a camping trip with my 10x42 monocular.It is pretty easy to pick up in dark skies but obviously all you see is a misty smudge in small instruments.
5 months ago | 0
Haha, I also targeted m51 last week! But my setup is peanuts compared to this beauty.. great picture!!
5 months ago | 0
Nebula Photos
🌀The Whirlpool Galaxy from my Backyard Observatory
Tech. details:
QHY miniCam8M
Askar 185APO
A-P Mach2GTO
R: 31*120”, G:28*120”, B:28*120”
Total: 2 hr. 54 min.
Bortle 3, New moon
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