Whirlpool Galaxy

Tom Howard

Crawley, Sussex

Nikon D7000 DSLR through a Meade 5000 127mm refractor mounted on an EQ6.

This was my first attempt at stacking images obtained in more than one session – two nights this year and one night in 2012. My aim was to record the fainter areas on the edge of these galaxies.

2013-05-01T00:00:00