M101 4/10/10 2:12am

11 April 2010

Still very cloudy here in the great northwest.  We had a break in the clouds yesterday, and I took it as an opportunity to do some deep sky and planetary imaging from our home in Seattle, Washington.  Here are the results!

Subject:  M101 (aka The Pinwheel Galaxy)
Location: Seattle, Washington USA
Date and Time: April 10, 2010 2:12am
33 light frames @ 4 minute subs for 132 minute total exposure time
Modified Canon 1000d DSLR (heatmirror replaced with Baader filter glass)
Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Celestron C11 on CGE Mount
Guiding with PhD Guider using Vixen ED80SF and Imaging Source DMK21AU04.AS