M51

My second image with my new camera (Trius 814) and my first attempt at M51.  Since the galaxy is relatively small in the field of view and stars can get relatively large when stretched, I decided to process the star layer separately from the galaxy.  The Luminescence layer was sharped by a combination of deconvolution (CCDstack) and smart sharpen/HDR toning (PS). LIGHTS: L:11; R:10:G:9:B:8 at 600s + Ha: 3 x 1200s. BIAS:100; DARKS: 30; FLATS: 40.