Although the same subject as a recent image post, this is actually a new image taken with my Televue 127is telescope, and processed to highlight the eddies and turbulence that exists within the molecular cloud. In this case, the primary
The unique question mark appearance of M51, its size (77 thousand light years, 90% of Milky Way) proximity to us (only 31 million light years) made it a galaxy of interest for me, so I brought it in for some