First attempt at M101 Pinwheel galaxy

[matthasboldlygone]

For some reason I went with 1 min exposure instead of the 2 minutes that worked with M51, think I was trying to save time. But suspect it would have worked better with fewer at 2 minutes. Really had to pull this image about to get anything visible.

Even after a good polar alignment and 3 star alignment the synscan goto still missed it, took 30 minutes of taking pics, plate solving and then trying to work out which way to move, eventually got it in frame.

Bresser AR 102/600 - Bresser HD camera (imx290) - 95 x 1 minute - 4 darks - Stacked in Siril - Stretched in PS

The moon rising at 11:30pm didn't really help, but it did look nice and the clouds kept away.

[MarkAR]

That's a decent start, yo can always get some 2min exposures and combine them with the 1 mins.