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M101, spiral galaxy: Cogs, pinwheels and gears...

Third apparently largest of distant galaxies...

 

Acquisition time (start of a session): JD2456781,34451389 (04.05.2014 00:16:06 MSK)

Equipment:

Canon EOS 60D (unmodded) running Magic Lantern firmware override on Celestron OMNI XLT 150 mm Newtonian riding on Skywatcher NEQ-6 Pro mount.

Aperture 150 mm

Focal length 750 mm

Tv = 30 seconds

Av = f/5

ISO 3200

Exposures: 61 (plus 15 dark frames and master offset frame from the library. Flat-field image is badly needed - pending).

Processing: Images were converted into .DNG and fed to DSS. Final touches were "creatively" done in Photoshop. Resulting image was downsampled √2 times.

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Uploaded on May 4, 2014
Taken on May 4, 2014