M51 the whirlpool galaxy

[moonshinegnomie]

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15 hours of exposure in my backyard with an asker v telescope and a sony a6300 camera

[AZ8theist]

1. That is one cool picture!!

I would love to see a picture of your set-up. Sounds expensive!
Also, since I'm new to photography, I'd like to know how you go about a 15 hour exposure. One night? Two nights? Several?

[brer cat]

2. Awesome!!

[moonshinegnomie]

3. equipment list

asker v telescope
sony a6300 camera
ZWO asair plus controller
ZWO am5 mount

the mount rotates the scope to allow long exposures
i take multiple 5 minute exposures and use special software to stack them into one image. this is a total of 180 5 minute exposures over 2 nights

[Dear_Prudence]

4. Looks like

A little galaxy in the lower left? What a fantastic photo, just beautiful!

[moonshinegnomie]

5. Yes

That’s ic4263. Basically what are galaxy would look like edge on. It’s much further away. 140m light years
There’s another galaxy just above and to the right of the galaxy m51 is interacting with . That one is even further away, around 240m light years

[Easterncedar]

6. No words, just awe

Thanks!