M51 In a wide field by Kfir Simon

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M51 In a wide field

This 1.5X1.5 wide field shows the beautiful M 51.
In this deep image you can find many small galaxies in the background.

This Northern object DEC +47 was suprisingly imaged from Namibia at 23 DEG SOUTH!!!
Due to the absolute darkest skies in Tivoli - some frames were imaged 8 degrees above the horizon!
It took 7 nights with about 50 min per night (when the galaxy was at the zenith) to produce this unique image.

Enjoy

LRGB image
Luminance for 4 hrs (bin 1)
RGB - 30 min per color (bin 2)
Total of 5.5 HRS

Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia

Apogee USB/Net

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