Data set for "Case study of developing an affordable undergraduate observatory" and image of M51 galaxy

This data set contains the raw fits files needed to produce an astrophotograph of Galaxy M51 as shown in the associated paper. It includes bias frames, fark-frames, flat-frames, and exposures of M51 taken in LRGB filters. See individual file descriptions for LRGB wavelength ranges and fits file headers for exposure times etc.