Galaxy Marathon

[Vega]

Ok not quite a marathon, but I've had some great success at getting a few galaxies up here in the UK after some nice spring weather!

M100

Cocoon Galaxy (NGC4490)

M106

Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

All taken through Skywatcher 250px
Modded Canon 1000D
CLS Filter Clip
ISO 800
sessions of multiple 5 or 6 minute exposures
Darks on the fly (noise reduction on)
Flats & Bias

Thanks for watching

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice result. Quite a few other fuzzies captured as well

[Stephen Green]

 Very nice images

  Stephen

[MattJenko]

How do you find the 250px on the EQ6?

[Vega]

How do you find the 250px on the EQ6?

Works great Matt. Not ideal for observing sometimes as it requires a stepladder to reach the eyepiece at certain locations in the sky at high altutude. It also needs extra long cables for imaging purposes. As for balancing and weght, the EQ6 handles it like a baby :-)

Having tracking makes a world of difference for observing. It makes you spend plenty more time gorping at objects when at high magnitude (such as planets, moon, globulars and tight doubles etc).

[ultranova]

Very nice collection, making the most of

the freakish weather is a must

Paul