Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5477  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101 - An Experiment..., Tim Hutchison
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M101 - An Experiment...

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M101 - An Experiment..., Tim Hutchison
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M101 - An Experiment...

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Ok...I know this isn't an award winner... That wasn't my goal. I just wanted to see if I could do a respectable job with the TOA-130 and the QHY600M camera on a galaxy target. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with how much detail I was able to get out of it. This image is cropped quite a bit from the 60MP beast that comes out of that camera, but there is still more detail in this than I was ever able to get from my 8" Edge HD. I think it absolutely needed more time and possibly a longer individual exposures as well, but on the whole...I think the experiment was a success.

Your C and C is absolutely welcome and appreciated.

Tim.

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