M 101 galaxy "Pinwheel"

Apr 22nd, 2026

12 h 3 m

The result of combining data from two telescopes, captured in a single night on the same mount, except for the hydrogen data, which was taken earlier on 04/03.

Apr 13th, 2026

4 h 58 m

First light with the new tube, mounted it as a second scope next to the 300mm refractor. Both tubes now have 585 cameras—mono on the 300mm, color on this one. The main scope captured this same object in close-up, with dithering and meridian flips, while this one just ran a sequence. Later, I had to discard frames with dithering and flips, leaving 149 out of 180, but it was still worth it—the light gathering is fantastic. Stacked with drizzle -2. Tomorrow I'll process and post the version from the 300mm, and then a combined image from both tubes.