Whirlpool Galaxy

Here is my first attempt at this gagalxy in 2006: http://www.pbase.com/mariobmd/image/84313791
Second attempt in 2007 with a FLT110: http://www.pbase.com/mariobmd/image/80131533
Widefield view with a FSQ106EDX: http://www.pbase.com/mariobmd/image/95434830

This is my third attempt at the whirlpool galaxy with a TOA130S on a NJP temma2 mount in a PWT Pinnacle pier.
SBIG ST2000XM CCD camera with Astrodon i-series LRGB filters. STL remote guidehead with e-finder
Exposure:L:R:G:B 110mins:40mins:40mins:40mins.
Image capture with MaxIM DL and image processing with CCD Stack and PS CS2
Image acquired on 2 separate nights in Jackson, Ohio