Well finally finished my attempt at this wonderful but faint spiral galaxy.
Imaged this around the same time that Big Mike done his beautiful version. Seeing and transparency were both not bad over the two nights I did this. Had a few problems calibrating the two nights worth together but finally managed to get it looking pretty good.
Not a par on the detail showing in Marcus image or the depth that Mike achieved in his shot but I think it came out rather well for a DSLR and at only 915mm FL.
Image is a total of 5 hours of 5min subs with the usual darks, flats etc.
Some minor deconvolution and noise reduction done but overall I am very happy with this one ex compared to my previous versions.
Next time I shall go longer subs! as I forgot how faint this one is..
Image cropped a bit and reduced for posting but still looks good for under 200ks
Comments most welcome like always..
cheers Gary