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Tom Marsala
Menifee, CA
04/17/2020
03:00 am

Equipment Details:

Canon 6D
13" Refelctor on Skywatcher EQ6-R mount

Post-processing Details:

100-110 second exposures at 1600 ISO with a Optolong broadband light pollution filter
stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and post with Photoshop

Image Details:

M101 is the "Pinwheel Galaxy" in the Big Dipper. It is known for it's well-defined spiral arms and knotty structure. I finally had a night of zero cloud obstruction and low moisture, which allowed me a full night to work on it!