GALAXIES

M63, ST10E, AP155 10.  Image was cropped  from original.

These were the first ccd shots I took where you could actually tell what object on the screen.  All were taken in the mountains of Arizona.  

M104 Sombrero Galaxy.  Takahashi FSQ 106mm f5 refractor with ST8 ccd camera, 60 second exposures combined for a total of 240 seconds.  

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy   Takahashi FSQ 106mm f5 refractor with ST8 ccd camera, 3 180 second exposures.    DDP applied and stretched for processing.

M81 and M82.  Takahashi FSQ 106 f5 refractor with ST8 CCD camera 2 180 second exposures.

M33.  Finger Lakes Dream Machine, 1024x1024 24 micron pixels.  IDAS light pollution filter, AP178 f9 APO refractor, 30x2 minutes sub exposures.    Chicago, Illinois suburbs, mag 3.5 skies.