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Originally Posted by gary
The image of M51 is a beauty. Had the pleasure of looking at this object
from a dark sky locale at +33 26' North latitude through 36" of aperture
courtesy of Larry Mitchell. At those latitudes in that much aperture,
you can put aside the camera and let the eyeball take in the extraodinary detail.
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Man Gary! I can visualise that now, would have looked awesome
Shane, great capture with a lot more detail visible than I would expect from low altitudes.

...this is a bit like those up north get of Omega Cen and Cen A