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M61 captured from my Backyard.


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Thats nicely done!
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well done , thx .
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Wonderful! Well done!
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Thanks to all
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Very nice 👍
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That's a really nice M61.

A tricky one to capture this time of year!

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Very pretty! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for the post. A very beautiful image.
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Congratulations astrographymc (Mainak) on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!

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Hi Mainak. A superb image of the M61 face on barred spiral galaxy. Excellent contrast and sparkly spiral arms in your capture. Thanks for sharing your work with us on here Mainak, and congratulations on receiving the TSS APOD Award today.
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Beautiful image JT.:) Thanks for the share and congratulations on TSS APOD... Well deserved.

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Very nice capture of this galaxy. Congrats on the TSS APOD.
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Excellent and Congratson the APOD!
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thanks to all ..
Scopes: Explore Scientific 127 mm ED APO Triplet, WO Redcat 51 Quadruplet APO, WO GT 81 Triplet APO, WO 32 mm uniGuidescope, WO 50 mm uniGuidescope, Bresser 90/500 Guidescope
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SKY : Bortle 4-5
Camera : Sony a6400, ZWO ASI 290 MM, Bresser Deep Sky Camera, QHY 294C Pro

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Great capture. Congrats on the TSS APOD.
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Congrats on the APOD, great capture and processing.
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Very nice.

What is the artifact below it at about 5 o'clock position? There seem to be two identical copies.
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