M101 Pinwheel

[malp]

I rarely use my Meade 12" for deep sky imaging but due to the absence of narrowband targets above me at the moment thought I would give a galaxy a bash, so here’s M101 from London! An Optec NextGen reducer was used with the SXVF-H9C. As always, insufficient data before the moon appeared:

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/11496571_WxnpF#846104114_cRV6H-A-LB

[Hagar]

Very nice Malcolm, some very nice detail in this pretty galaxy. Colour etc is great.

Well done.