M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy taken in LRGB


Photographer

Joe Fox

Email

joe@codenoise.com

Location of photo

Tierra Del Sol, San Diego County, CA

Date/Time of photo

April 10 2019

Equipment

I took this photo with a ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro camera attached to a Stellarvue SV80, 80MM F/6 apochromatic refreactor

Description

The famous interacting galaxy couplet is right by the Big Dipper. I captured this over two nights with separate Lum, Red, Green, and Blue fliters. I then stacked, combined, and processed it using Pixinsight.

Website

https://www.astrobin.com/users/Codenoise/






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