This is the mis-matched pair of globular clusters in Coma Berenices: M53 at top, a modestly bright and rich cluster, and NGC 5053 at bottom, a dim and sparse globular. 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.
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.
The Leo Trio or Triplet of spiral galaxies — Messier 65 (right), Messier 66 (left) and the edge-on galaxy NGC 3628 (top), three bright galaxies for small telescopes below the star Chertan in eastern Leo. This is a stack of 10 x 6-minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon EOS Ra through the SharpStar 94mm EDPH apo refractor with its dedicated field flattener/reducer for f/4.5. Auto-guided with the Lacerta MGEN3 stand-alone auto-guider which dithered the images by 5 pixels between each exposure. No darks applied.
