The Ring Nebula, Messier 57, in Lyra, the classic planetary nebula, here in a wide shot showing it in context in the rich starfield between the bottom two stars of Lyra: Sulafat (Gamma Lyrae) at lower left and Sheliak (Beta Lyrae) at upper right. North is up in this field. This is a stack of 6 x 8-minute exposures with Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor at f/6 (with the 6x7 field flattener) and Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 800.
Stack of four 10-minute exposures with Canon 20Da at ISO400 and with 5-inch AP scope at f/4.5. Taken April 26.
Messier 61, a face-on spiral galaxy in Virgo. Galaxy at upper left is NGC 4301, at upper right of M61 is NGC 4292. The short streak left of M61 is the asteroid 40 Harmonia. This is a stack of 4 x 10 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 60Da and Astro-Physics 130mm f/6 apo refractor.
