M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
(click on the image for a larger version)		The Whirlpool Galaxy.  The conditions were less than ideal and the seeing was not too good when this image was taken.  There is a bit of a blur and the stars are a bit bloated but a respectable image none-the-less.  A second image was combined with the color image to bring out the stellar details. -  ISO 800 -  F5.0 -  3 minute exposures (x 7); 21 minutes total for colors -  30 seconds (x60); 30 minutes total for stellar -  Direct images through the 14.5" Newtonian for colors -  Direct images through the LX200 for stellar -  Unguided -  Location: TDS 12.30.2008 (stellar) 1.30.2009 (colors)