Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  34 UMa)  ·  34 mu. UMa  ·  HD88959  ·  HD89053  ·  HD89468  ·  HD89572  ·  HD89744  ·  NGC 3179  ·  NGC 3181  ·  NGC 3184  ·  Tania Australis  ·  The star Tania Australis (μ UMa
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Little Pinwheel Galaxy, David Cruz
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Little Pinwheel Galaxy

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Little Pinwheel Galaxy

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The Little Pinwheel galaxy with some very sparkling company! First light with the ASI 2600MC Pro and new secondary mirror spider from backyard universe. I wanted a nice composition to test these two major upgrades on my imaging system, where I could have some fine details, like a galaxy, and some nice bright stars in the fov. This turned out to be one of my favourite images ever. An amazing resolution, 0 tilt and super sharp stars where you can clearly see the diffraction light thru the spikes.

Super happy to change from mono to a color camera, not the usual choice, but for me made total sense to simplify the work flow, considering the incredible osc cameras we have in the market and the performance of dual band filters. Thank you Miguel Claro for the insights and for helping me make this change.

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Little Pinwheel Galaxy, David Cruz