M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

by Conor

Apr 9, 2011

Funny story behind this one; Weather forecast was the best AP conditions I had ever seen. Alas, the _worst_ seeing imaginable was the reality.. Haze and high altitude wind. The light pollution from the nearby town made conditions somewhat like shooting in the middle of a large urban centre. All in all, a very frustrating time shooting this one. Lights were basically bright orange but I decided I wasn't going to let ~3 hours of shooting go to waste. WO FLT100 w/FF 30 x 240s Lights @ ISO800, guided. 10 x 240s Darks @ISO800. Canon 500D, unmodded. Processed with PixInsight.

  • spike77

    hey lots of nice details in the galaxy conor

    Apr 9, 2011

  • Steve Coates

    Conor, I think you have some good data in there. Post it on the Reprocess My Image and see what the community can do! (Post it as a .png). I found this tough to process, I too live in an urban setting with plenty of LP. I think there is more in your data that is hiding.

    Apr 9, 2011