Dates: July 2 & August 2, 2008
Location: Victoria Centre Observatory, Victoria, BC

M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy is a beautiful spiral that we can see face on from our location. This image is a combination from two sessions at the Victoria Centre Observatory one by Joe Carr and one by John McDonald.
It is the deepest image we have obtained so far with the new facility.

Details:
Joe Carr session -
Camera: Unmodified Canon 30D dSLR mounted prime focus
Telescope: Meade LX200 14" SCT operating at f/10, mounted on a Paramount ME
Exposure: 2 minutes
Frames: 44
ISO: 1600
John McDonald session -
Equipment - Modified Canon 350D at prime focus of Meade 14" SCT operating at f/10 Exposure 21 light and 17 dark frames each 2min at ISO 1600

Processing - Each set was aligned, stacked and digitally developed in Images Plus. The results were aligned and combined in Images Plus with additional processing in Photoshop and Astronomy Tools.