M101 Deep Field

[pietervdv]

Hi everyone,

2 weeks ago I joined Maurice Toet (http://www.dutchdeepsky.com) for an imaging week in Southern France.

Although we did not have the best of weather, I managed to collect enough photons to complete my M101 image.

The image was made with a 10" f/3.8 Newtonian on a Mesu 200 mount, the total exposure is about 23 hours.

The h-alpha data was acquired from my very light polluted home location.

Please refer to my website if you are interested in more details.

Med res: http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandevelde/deepsky/M101_2014_med.jpg

Full res: http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandevelde/deepsky/M101_2014.jpg

And here a shot of the equipment used:

Thanks for looking,

Best Regards,

Pieter

[laser_jock99]

V. good - one of the best I seen.

[iksose7]

Fantastic Pinwheel, superb processing. Certainly one for others to look up too!

[prokyon]

Wow, great project - great result! Congratulations!!!

[Tom OD]

Great pic.

[C7tsj]

Nice capture.

Mark

[BackyBaxter]

Very nice

[Marvaz]

Fantastic image!!!

[Twisted Lip]

Beauty. Set is fantastic too!

Will

[purdo]

Brilliant  image, impressive gear!

[RobH]

Excellent image.

[sologuitarist61]

Great image Pieter!

[pietervdv]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

Pieter

[mftoet]

It came out very nice, Pieter. I like the h-alpha areas in the spiral arms.

[perfrej]

Not half bad

I guess our scopes were pointing in parallel... I just posted a WIP one, obviously partly under the exact same conditions.

/per

[Velvet]

stunning image that one, very nice

[JessicaFaye]

Incredible! definitely one of the best I've seen!