M108

TheSurfboard galaxy is located a whopping 45 million light years from earth and is in the same FOV as the planetary nebula M97.

 

For this shot, I took 3 hours worth of RGB data and calibrated and integrated the subs along with calibration frames in PixInsight.

 

Equip used:

 

Telescope: Celestron C6N

Guide Scope: Orion 50mm

Guide camera: ASI120MC

Software: SGPro for plate solving, phd for guiding, and APT as my capture software

imaging camera: Canon T7i modded

Filter: Optolong CLS CCD filter

 

Done