M101 / NGC5457 Spiral Galaxy is very large, bright, irrregularly round, with a very bright small nucleus.
OPTICS: Televue NP-101 f/5.4
MOUNT: 10" LX200 Classic
CAMERA: ST-10XME
GUIDING: ST-402 on TMB80 f/6
FILTERS: Astrodon "E" Series TruBalance
EXPOSURE: LRGB, L(36)6m, RGBs(16)5m, 7.6 hrs Total Exposure
DATE(S): 5/19-20/2006
LOCATION: Horizontal Heavens Observatory, Texas USA
ACQUISITION: CCDSoft v5
PROCESSING: ImagesPlus, CCDSoft, PhotoshopCS2
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