Group Challenge: M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy  
M51-The Whirlpool Galaxy

M51-The Whirlpool Galaxy(Scott Rosen)

Acquisition Date : April 30, 2011
Camera : Canon 20Da
Camera Settings : 159 subs @ 75 seconds each, Total time approximately 3.5 hrs, ISO 1600, Daylight WB, 30 darks, 30 flats, 30 bias
Telescope : Celestron C-8
Mount : Schaefer 7" GEM, unguided
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : Lumicon Telecompressor yielding 1100 mm @ f/5.5
Processing Package / Processing Applied : IP 4.0 for acquisition, stacking, calibrating, and digital development. Photoshop CS5 for white balance, shadows and highlights, unsharp mask, star shrinking, saturation, screen mask invert, highpass filter. Noise Ninja for noise reduction
Web Site : http://www.frazmtn.com/~srosen/astrophotography/

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