M109, spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, off the bright Bowl star of the Big Dipper, Gamma Ursa Majoris, aka Phecda. This is a stack of 4 x 10 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 60Da on the Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor at f/6.
Stack of two 16-minute exposures with Canon 20Da at ISO400 and with 4-inch AP scope at f/6 with 6x7 field flattener. Taken April 18.
Markarian's Chain area of the Coma-Virgo galaxy cluster, with M84 and M86 at top and M87 at bottom left. Includes the Eyes, NGC 4435 and 4438. This is a stack of 6 x 5 minute exposures with the 92mm TMB apo refractor and Borg 0.85x reducer/flattener for f/4.5, and Canon 7D at ISO 800. Taken April 24, 2011.