M51
This is a 20 minute processed image of M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy captured with the new Hyperstar imaging system on the 14" SCT of Victoria Centre Observatory. It has been made by stacking 20 - 60s exposures and calibrating with flat, bias and dark frames and sharpening the result in Images Plus with some color enhancement and noise reduction done in Photoshop. A slight cropping was done to clean up the edges.