My M51 pic taken w/ ST-2000XCM CCD 4-19-14

[Daveskywill (David)]

Here's my M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) pic

taken were 5 lights (240 sec each, 1X1 binning : 80mm APO f7 scope)

and 4 darks of 480 sec at same

and 8 bias

and 10 flats

guiding was being used in CCDSoft

and the wedge align was better, but not perfect

[h0ughy (David)]

great start, nice round stars, but to get the galaxy better you will need to invest some time on the target - like maybe on the plus side of 15