A telephoto lens image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 in Ursa Major above the handle of the Big Dipper. This is shot to simulate the field of view of binoculars for illustration purposes. This is a stack of 6 x 1-minute exposures with the 200mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, tracked but unguided on the Mach 1 mount, on April 28, 2019.
Messier 102, aka NGC 5866 and the Spindle Galaxy, (at right) and the edge-on galaxy NGC 5907, called the Splinter Galaxy, at left, in Draco. NGC 5866 is often labelled as M102, but #102 on Messier’s list is usually considered to be a mistaken re-observation of M101. The smaller galaxies NGC 5908 (left) and NGC 5905 are at lower left. North is up. This is a stack of 8 x 9 minute exposures at f/6 with the 130mm Astro-Physics apo refractor and Canon 6D at ISO 1600. Taken from home on April 19, 2015.
The classic edge-on spiral, the Sombrero Galaxy, Messier 104, in Virgo. This object is always low in my home sky so tough to get a clean, sharp image of it, but this night, April 20, 2020, was as good as it gets for me. It looks like there is a little asteroid trail to the left of M104. I left it in. This is a stack of 6 x 10-minute exposures with Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor at f/6 (with the 6x7 field flattener) and Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 800.
