Spiral Galaxy M74
luminance: 5 x 300 sec, RGB 5 x 150 each binned 2x2 autoguided on 12/08/07.
Equipment: 6" f/3.89 newtonian astrograph with MPCC coma corrector and SXV-H9 camera mounted on a G-11.
Processing: Combined in Maxim D/L, processed in Photoshop CS with lots of hide-all layer masks and with Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools.
This is a crop of a larger image.