Stack of four 10-minute exposures with Canon 20Da at ISO400 and with 5-inch AP scope at f/4.5. Taken April 25.
This is Messier 94, the bright face-on spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. Note the outer faint ring of starlight. The galaxy was discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1781. Charles Messier observed and catalogued it that year. This is a stack of just 5 x 8-minute exposures with the Canon EOS Ra at ISO 800 through the SharpStar 140mm refractor at f/6.5 with no field flattener.
M95 and M96, a pair of barred spiral galaxies in Leo. Taken April 09, 2012, with Supernova SN 2012 aw shining in M95 (at right), as star at 5 oclock in outer spiral arm. This was taken with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 with no field flattener, with the Canon 7D at ISO 800 for a stack of 6 x 8 minute exposure. Processed with ACR 7 and Photoshop CS6 trial.
