M101 Pinwheel Galaxy (284 X 20s @ ISO400)
Date: 28 December 2013
Equipment: Skywatcher Explorer 150P, EQ3-2 with dual-axis motor drive, Skywatcher 0.9x Coma Corrector, Canon EOS 1100D
Exposure:284 x 20s @ ISO400 with relevant dark, bias and flat frames
Processing: Exposures captured with Astrophotography Tool, raw files (cr2) stacked with Deep Sky Stacker Beta, curves adjusted, background removed and noise filter applied with Fitswork.
Location: London, England
The second in my short exposure experiment. I was very pleased with this image as it not only revealed the obvious M101 galaxy that I was aiming for, but it also contains contains a number of fainter galaxies.
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