M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Image Details:
This beautiful face-on spiral galaxy lies at a distance from us of approximately 24 million light years. It is listed at magnitude 7.9, which is fairly bright as galaxies go, but due to its extended nature its surface brightness is fairly low.
Technical details:
Optics: 8" f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph with coma corrector
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera: Canon 60D unmodified
Guiding: 60mm guide scope with orion starshoot
Dates: 9 July - 15 July 2020
Location: Taken at my Backyard observatory in Northwest Mo.
Exposure details: 5.4 hours with 4 minutes subs 56 darks
Processing: Deep sky stacker, Pixlnsight, photoshop
This beautiful face-on spiral galaxy lies at a distance from us of approximately 24 million light years. It is listed at magnitude 7.9, which is fairly bright as galaxies go, but due to its extended nature its surface brightness is fairly low.
Technical details:
Optics: 8" f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph with coma corrector
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera: Canon 60D unmodified
Guiding: 60mm guide scope with orion starshoot
Dates: 9 July - 15 July 2020
Location: Taken at my Backyard observatory in Northwest Mo.
Exposure details: 5.4 hours with 4 minutes subs 56 darks
Processing: Deep sky stacker, Pixlnsight, photoshop
