Our TOP 5 Whirlpool Galaxy Images
Image by stef
M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy
5500x1s and 150x5sxRVB
Image by Mary McIntyre FRAS
M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy
This was data captured with the a Faulkes 2 metre Richey-Chretien f/10 telescope
8 minutes each of R, G & B plus 2 minutes of H-alpha. Each channel was stacked with Deep Sky Stacker, then each channel processed separately then blended using Photoshop CS2. Blended image was further processed in Photoshop, Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
Image by Dark Arts Astrophotography
Scope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P @ f/4
Mount: Celestron CGX
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Autoguider: Orion Mini Guide Scope + SSAG
55 x 2 min exposures
Stack: Astro Pixel Processor
Process: PixInsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC 2019
Shot at the L&A County Dark Sky Viewing Area near Erinsville, Ontario
Image by Daniele Malleo
Luminance: 36 x 900s
R: 23 x 900s
G: 33 x 900s
B: 33 x 900s
Ha: 9 x 1800s
Total exposure time: ~36 hours
Main Camera: QSI 883 WSG
Guide Camera: SXV Lodestar (on OAG)
Mount: Paramount ME
Scope: AT 10 RC f/8
Image Aquisition software MaximDL
Registed, Calibrated and Stacked and Post Processed with PixInsight 1.8
Image by gianni
The Whirlpool :) in drizzle 2x
tiring but rewarding process, I did not think of trying to bring as much detail with a paltry C11 XLT :) ... but yet ...
I am overjoyed with this new Camera! Thanks ZWO!
total processing time: 3 hours, 2 Leffe blonde and a few shot of rum ... and my i7 demanded mercy!
Same specs of first image:
Celestron C11 XLT mirror lock mod + Starizona 0.75x reducer on a Skywatcher EQ6 - ZWO ASI1600mm-cool camera and Lacerta standalone guide
45 shots for luminance (bin 1x1, 138/30 gain-offset, 150 sec for shot) 10xRGB shots (90 secs for each)
location: Monte Beigua, Sassello (SV), Italy