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Evan Miller

Sun in H-alpha Inverted10 Jul 2022

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy image

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy


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Description

M51 A & B Whirlpool Galaxy Taken: February 21, 2007, Southwest Missouri, Conditions: Good, A Little Windy; Orion 80ED, SBIG ST-7E LRGB 120:30:30:40, L (15 min. subs) 1x1, RGB (10 min. subs) 2x2, CCDSoft 5.0, Photoshop 6.0 Comments: I thought I might catch some very faint (and small) galaxies in the upper left corner of the image, but no luck . . . thus, the unusual framing of the M51.