First light and my first real deep sky image: M51 and friends :)

JPetruzzi

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I'm shooting unguided and had 5-10 mph winds, so stars are a tad oval and this isn't up to the standards you amazing people set, but for my first deep sky image and given the conditions, I'll take it.
Edge HD 8 w/reducer @f/7, CGEM, ZWO ASI533MC-Pro 100 gain 15 offset, captured in NINA and processed of course in Pixinsight.
71 x 30s exposures, a minimal 35.5 min integration, calibrated w/bias + dark frames, integrated using the amazing Generalized ESD algorithm then drizzle integrated and resampled back to original size...I LOVE being able to avoid debayering for OSC, THANK YOU PixInsight team! More to come!
 

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