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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy 28 & 30-May-2011

4 - 10 minute exposures in each of the LRGB channels.

Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD1100
Reducer: Optec Lepus 0.62 focal reducer
Camera: QSI-583wsg
Mount: Losmandy G11/Gemini with the Ovision worm upgrades
Autoguider: Starlight Xpress LodeStar attached to the camera's integrated guide port.
Processing: ImagesPlus 4.25 and Nebulosity2. Final image cropped and resized.

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