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First attempt at astrophotography M51

First attempt at astrophotography M51(Tim Schuurman)

Acquisition Date : March 6 2010 10:30 pm to March 7 2010 2:30 am
Camera : Canon 350D (stock)
Camera Settings : 33x90 sec, unguided, RAW ISO 800
Telescope : Skywatcher BKP2001 Newton
Mount : Skywatcher NEQ6 pro syntrek, driven by EQmod/Cartes du Ciel
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : Prime
Processing Package / Processing Applied : Callibrated (33 darks), stacked, and basic processing in Deepsky Stacker and final processing in Photoshop CS3 with Jerry Lodriguss video tutorials (CD book)
NOTES : This is my first attempt at deepsky astrophotography. I know there are some optical flaws present, which had been expected (coma/collimation/focus), but for a first time shot I am quite happy.

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