M51 Whirlpool 2023

Second attempt on this target. Taken while on vacation in Colorado. Very pleased with the outcome for only 3.5hrs of integration time. Thanks for looking and Clear Skies!

Imaging telescope / lens
TS Optics Apochromatic 90/600 mm TS APO 90/600

Imaging camera
ZWO Optical 533 MC Pro (CMOS)

Mount
Equatorial Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Guiding telescope / lens
ZWO Optical Refractor 30mm/120 mm ZWO 30F4 Miniscope

Guiding camera
ZWO Optical ZWO ASI120 Mini (CMOS)

Filters
Baader Planetarium Light pollution Moon and Skyglow Neodymium 2.00"

Accessories
Field flattener HoTech SCA Field Flattener 2" 2.00"

Processed with
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
DSS (DeepSkyStacker)
NINA
DeNoise (Topaz Labs) 3.7
PixInsight (Pleiades Astrophoto) 1.8