November 8, 2015. Port Mouton, Nova Scotia.
46 240-second raw photos, 20 darks, flats and dark flats, ISO 1600
Canon T1i, 8″ Sky-Watcher Newtonian Astrograph, CGEM mount, Tele Vue Powermate 2X, Sky-Watcher 80-mm ED and Orion Starshooter with PhD for guiding.
Each photo stacked and processed initially in Images Plus. Stretched in IP Digital Development. Colour balanced and background neutralized. Star reduction app in IP used to reduce star sizes. Cropped.
I did use the Tele Vue Powermate for this one, which is why the galaxy is clipped slightly on the bottom, it is a big target. I have photographed this galaxy and M51 below several times as I think they are the most interesting and beautiful top-down spirals to photograph in the night sky. Each photo I take seems to paint a different picture of what these galaxies look like.