Whirlpool Galaxy Messier 51

Spiral galaxy Whirlpool Messier 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy NGC 5194, PGC 47404, M51a)
Dwarf companion galaxy NGC 5195 Messier 51b

Equipment:
Camera Canon EOS 200 Da.
Telescope Synta SkyWatcher 150/750, F/5
Mount HEQ-5 Pro
Polar alignment camera iOptron iPolar
Coma corrector Baader MPCC Mark III
Bahtinov mask

Imaging software:
Astrophotography Tool
SharpCap (polar alignment)
EQ-Mode
ASCOM
Cartes Du Ciel

Imaging from 6-7.05.2025 Kremenkul area
Red zone light pollution. Class 7 on the Bortle scale
Imaged with Moon phase=0.71

593 Light frames at 15 seconds + 100 Dark frames + 100 Bias frames
ISO 1600

Total integrated exposure Σ=2h28'15"

Post-processing software:
DeepSkyStacker
FitsWork
FITStacker
Lightroom
StraNet2GUI
Photoshop
Topaz Denoise AI