M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy

Galaxy M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy, is an interacting galaxy pair, 31 million light years from earth, in the constellation Canes Venatici,

Telescope: Apertura 6-inch f/12 Classic Cassegrain with Baader Alan-Gee reducer, which brings the scope to f/7.1, 1085mm focal length
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MM Pro, cooled to -10C
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro equatorial mount

- Baader UV-IR cut, 80 x 30 seconds, Gain 121 BIN 2
- Baader Red, 31 x 90 seconds, Gain 121 BIN 2
- Baader Green, 28 x 90 seconds, Gain 121 BIN 2
- Baader Blue, 31 x 90 seconds, Gain 121 BIN 2
- 25 Flat Frames, 25 Dark-Flat Frames and 30 Dark Frames for each set
aligned and integrated in PixInsight