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m101 the Pinwheel galaxy
Constellation: Ursa Major
~24 million light years distant
Taken May 20 and 21, 2011
Ocala, FL
3 min exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 2 hours 33 min
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON
Orion 80mm guide scope with SSAG
Canon T1i (Hap Griffin modified)
CG-5 mount (HyperTuned)
Atronomik CLS light pollution filter clip for Canon EOS

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Comment by Steve Coates on May 28, 2011 at 12:10pm
Thanks for the comments. Marc, you are right, having the camera modded IS like getting a new camera. Here is a reprocess of the same image.
Comment by Marc Basti on May 22, 2011 at 11:12am
Steve, didn't realize your cam wasn't modified, you're going to like the response, it's like getting a new cam. I did a tight crop on this to look at the galx.-nice-. I thought the 6rct pic had potential- I found the color to be a pain on my 101 (I should have balanced out the blue more). Cool shot, Marc
Comment by Steve Coates on May 22, 2011 at 10:48am
Thanks guys. I trashed the 6RCT image. Just was not getting it...
Comment by spike77 on May 22, 2011 at 9:26am
ur right steve much better nice image
Comment by Steve Coates on May 22, 2011 at 6:48am
I feel this came out much better with the 80mm EON than the 6RCT. This is also my first object using a modified camera. This is only 2 hours and 33 min and I plan to keep adding time to this.

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