M51, spiral galaxy. This is a composite of 16 60 sec shots, with 8 30 sec and 4 90 second exposures all taken at ISO1600. All image processing was done in Imagesplus. The image was then cropped and resized for web use. Taken with a 22 inch f8 cassegrain telescope at prime focus with a 0.7x reducer.
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