Thanks MnT and Mike. It is a strange and enigmatic beast I must say. Its northerly declination provides some challenges in data collection as well. I started this one a little late in the season so I was lucky to get one to two hours of data per night. My approach was to work on M64 immediately after astronomical twilight and then move on to another target (currently NGC6334 which is almost done). Still, I managed to get 13.5 hours worth of data over the past few months to contribute to this image.
All of the sub lengths (LRGB) were 300 seconds and I think that to do the IFN justice I will need to take a number of longer exposures (15 - 20 minutes or so) and combine them with the shorter exposures. Not quite sure how I am going to do this yet but it will be interesting to give it a shot.
What would also be interesting would be to see a version taken through the Orion 12" AG or the "20 inch behemoth"
...it's a strange almost unique..?.. looking bugger huh? Yes, would be cool to capture the band of galactic cirrus that runs nearby this galaxy, should fit in your full frame easily.
