[spearo (Frank)]

Hello,
Managed to get this last night.
Not as good as I'd hoped to be able to achieve because the mount started trailling for no apparent reason...though I wonder if local temperatures of minus 5 celcius or so might have affected the lubrication in the mechanisms? My main guess is that while i'd carefully balanced the scope for imaging the Eastern sky, by the time I got around to the Pinwheel it was pretty much in Azimuth and so the balancing might well have been off.

Hence the sort exposure time. I could only use two shots to stack. Ill try again soon with, hopefully, longer exposures and if i can lower ISO. I'd love to reveal more detail if I can.

These types of pictures of spiral galaxies where beautiful trails of purple innervation could be seen were a great inspiration for me to pick up the hobby and start learning.

cheers
frank