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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy APOD.jpg Discovered by Charles Messier in 1773, M51 is located 31 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. It has an apparent magnitude of 8.4 and can be spotted with a small telescope most easily during May. The Whirlpool galaxy’s beautiful face-on v...

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy . Galaxy season is still in full swing here. This is my first time imaging M101. As well as my first time incorporating both Ha data into RGB and creating a synthetic Luminance image from the RGB (I don't have room for my Lum filter unless I swap it out with my Oiii or Sii....

Andromeda Galaxy M31 and its small galaxy neighbor M110 is a favorite and often photographed target in the night sky. In the constellation of Andromeda, named for the princess who was the wife of Perseus in Greek mythology, it’s certainly the perceptually largest galaxy visible from our vantage poin...