Five years in the making: Messier 51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy)
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An image of Messier 51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy) that has taken me 5 years to capture, starting from April 2021 in Buckinghamshire, then Wilshire and finally Norfolk in England, using the same telescope and camera, all under bortle 5 skies. I played with two sets of filters: Optolong L-Pro and Antlia RGB Triband filter.
Overall, I managed to gather about 22 hours of data over 5 years. Stacking and adding them up together, has led to this image of Messier 51.
22 hours worth of 5-minute subs.
Telescope: TS-Optics 130APO Refractor @ f/7
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
Filters: Optolong LP-Pro and Antlia RGB Triband
Tracking mounts: Skywatcher EQ6-r and ZWO AM5N
Power distribution: Pegasus PowerBox Advance
Calibration and procession: PixInsight & Adobe Photoshop