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Pinwheel Galaxy, Don Ogaard
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Pinwheel Galaxy

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Pinwheel Galaxy

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Next clear night I plan to try this again at ISO 3200, and with more subs. But I think there's just a limit to what one can accomplish imaging Magnitude 8 objects with a DSLR .

I might try some longer exposures as well. But the weight of the camera puts me over the "half of mount's rated payload capacity" rule of thumb, and that's probably why I have difficulty going past the two-minute mark.

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Pinwheel Galaxy, Don Ogaard