M 99 Pinwheel Galaxy in Coma Berenices
26 min ISO 800
Image Captured with Backyard EOS, stacked with DSS and processed with Photoshop CC
Location: Vernon, BC
Camera: modded Canon 60D with HEUIB-II filter
Telescope: SW Esprit 120 ED APO
Mount: SW AZ-EQ6 GT
Discovered by Wm Herschel and friend Pierre Mechain in 1781. Visual magnitude of +9.82 and 42 M light years away.