M51 galaxy, a 6 hours LHaRGBOIII picture

[NielsVChr]

Hi,
a 6 hours exposure, the M51 galaxy, mostly taken during april 2014,

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10089041/M51-nvc/M51_LHaR-OIIIGB-NEW-80.jpg
I use the Lepus 0.62X reducer to get F10 down to F6.2.
Exposure for L=132min., 66*2min.
For RGB it was 20min. each color in 2min. subs.
For Ha and OIII it was 18*5min. each NB filter and Bin was 2*2 for all filters.
Equipment used LX200ACF 16" on wedge and Atik 460ex mono camera. Baader filters.
Thanks for looking.
Kind regards Niels

[bwa]

Really nice!  Much better than professional images of 20+ years go!

bwa

[NielsVChr]

Thanks a lot for comments bwa. Kind regards Niels

[MikeM]

Nicely done.

[NielsVChr]

Thanks Mike!
Kind regards Niels

[DMouse]

Wow that's a great image and well processed too !!!!

Clear Skies

Paul

[NielsVChr]

Thanks Paul for your comments. I used CCDStack2 and Adobe photoshop for the processing.
Kind regards Niels