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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:SkyWatcher Explorer 150P
Imaging camera:Canon EOS 1000D
Mount:Skywatcher EQ5
Software:DeepSky Stacker (DSS) DSS 4.4.1, gimp 2.10.6 gimp
Accessory:Skywatcher single motor drive
Resolution: 1891x1200
Dates:March 24, 2019
Frames: 144x25" ISO1600
Integration: 1.0 hours
Darks: ~35
Bias: ~35
Avg. Moon age: 18.55 days
Avg. Moon phase: 84.65%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00
Temperature: 8.00
Astrometry.net job: 2640626
RA center: 148.939 degrees
DEC center: 69.319 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.698 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 92.791 degrees
Field radius: 0.528 degrees
Locations: Home backyard, Utrecht, Netherlands
Data source: Backyard
The two famous galaxies in Ursa Major.
Really the first time I ever photographed galaxies like this.
It is mind-boggling to think the light that hit my camera sensor took 11 million years to get there!
Additional data.
85 % of 3 hours of data. March and April 2019.
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