Messiers 97 (Owl Nebula) and 108 (Galaxy)

[sagramore]

Hot on the heels of my first two photos on here I had a chance to get out and take a couple more. My previous recent postings were M42 and M3, so these two are quite different but I quite like them and it's a nice FOV to get them both in.

Messier 97 (Owl nebula) and Messier 108
2016-03-13, near Swindon, England

Gear:
Skywatcher 130-PDS with 0.9x coma corrector (585 mm, f/4.5)
Skywatcher NEQ6-Pro Synscan (unguided)
Canon EOS 550D (unmodified)

Acquisition:
- AstrophotographyTools (APT) using APT dithering (unguided)
- 30 x 120s = total 60 minutes @ ISO 800
- 30 flats + library bias & darks
- Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and post-processed in Photoshop CC 2015

High resolution Flickr link: HERE

I'm not sure if an hour was long enough for these two but I couldn't decide whether to get another hour on this or try for a second target before I had to head home for bed. I think I'm quite pleased with the result and at this FOV I'm not sure they warrant an awful lot more attention so I will stick with this 

Thanks for looking! Clear skies.

Hamish / sagramore

[PeterCPC]

Lovely widefield.

Peter

[Stu]

Very nice image. I was viewing this pair from Lucksall on Sunday night, they look lovely together don't they?

[Psychology]

Great image.

[kendg]

Really cool. Something else for me to look for. 

[laudropb]

Nice widefield capture.

[todd8137]

Nice work as always  

Pat