M51 with my new Skywatcher 72ED

[FaB-Bo-Peep]

I'm in the process of gathering together a lightweight and easily transportable wide field system so I can venture further afield than my back garden. This is going to be based around a Skywatcher 72ED and an AZ-GTI, (in EQ mode). I'm still lacking a tripod and polar wedge to finish the mount but took the last clear night as an opportunity to try the scope on my EQ6 GT.

I stacked all 15 of the 3 minute subs gathered in DSS and then processed them in Startools and Gimp.

Additional equipment used: OVL field flattener, Canon Rebel XS, (1000D), Optolong L-Pro filter, Skywatcher finder scope used as guidescope with ASI-120MC-S and of course my ASI AIR Pro.

[Sunshine]

Nice job!