M51

Was curious to see how a 56 min image of M51 would look
7 x 8 min
.67 arc/sec
SBIG8XE
Mewlon 300 FL/2700 F/9.2 (reducer)
Still have a slight tracking problem as you can tell

Not sure but looks like you can see some small galaxies on the left too

Mark

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Nice details. You have a bit of a gradient (brighter on the right) - cleaning that up will allow you to show more detail in the dim areas of the galaxy (those trailing star streams).

I can see more than a dozen galaxies on the left side, including a bunch above the cleft between the two galaxies - that is a cluster of distant galaxies, don't know the designation.

Ron Wodaski