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Messier 51

Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider

  • 300 minutes
  • Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop

On the processing I kept more noise to pick up the tidal tailings leaving the galaxy. My understanding is that this collision occured about 400 million years ago.