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/11496...114_cRV6H-A-LB