10pm-1am
The LXD-75 was aligned with Polaris and Arcturus and focused with M3.
M51
One of my favorite targets, I can never resist the temptation to try and capture the perfect image of the Whirlpool Galaxy.
This image – a stack of about 60, 30-second sub-exposures - is one of my better efforts – though still far from the best image possible. The image strongly benefits from a highly refined efforts to achieve a good focus.
M100
My attempts to image this galaxy in the past have not produced spectacular results. Though M100 is considered relatively bright, and is readily visible in even one second preview images, the galaxy's spiral arms required considerable exposure lengths to properly capture them.
Much longer, and many more sub-exposures will be needed to draw out more detail in the arms, as well as M100's two companion galaxies.
M101
The Pinwheel's fainter extremities are difficult to capture in detail. Though far from perfect, this was not a bad image.
As with all images, more and longer subs would help better express detail in the arms., But still, not bad. About 80, 30-second images were stacked to create this image.
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