M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
First ever time shooting this target and first image to come out of my remote setup - located deep in the Davis Mountains of west Texas at 6000ft elevation. Decided to pour a ton of time into this target and the result was well worth it!
Acquisition:
- 358 x 3m Lum
- 100 x 3m Red
- 105 x 3m Green
- 100 x 3m Blue
- 115 x 5m Ha
Total Integration Time: 42 Hours
Equipment:
- Scope: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED
- Camera: QHY 268M w/ Chroma HaLRGB filters
- Focuser: Moonlite Nitecrawler WR35
- Mount: Astro Physics Mach1GTO