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Apr 03
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M51 Processing – Photoshop

This is a short video of M51 processing. A friend of mine “Rahul Ramtekar” from Dhruva Skywatchers Association asked me to process this beautiful image of M51 galaxy shot from a Dobsonian telescope.

I did not have DSS so this set of image was stacked in PixInsight, but any stacking software will do.

The image was taken by Rahul Ramtekar of Dhruva Skywatchers Group – Nagpur, while observing through the 10″ Go-To Dob at Sillari, Pench with Pravin Jat.

Canon EOS 60D + Skywatcher 10″ Synscan Dob Alt-Azimuth Tracked
20 images Stacked in DSS + Postprocessing in PS
29Sec, f/4.8, ISO 1600
19th March 2016, 4.20 AM, 21.3732455 N,78.7575318 E
Telescope Credits: Observatory, Sillari Pench Tiger Reserve

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I am a web and software developer by day and an astrophotographer at night. Because of the nature of my day job, the only times I get to drive out to beautiful locations in on weekends. So, always try to make the best of a weekend.