M101 - "Pinwheel Galaxy" in Ursa Major

M101
   
Telescope: Orion 120ED
Mount: Losmandy G-11 w/Gemini
Camera: Canon XS (1000D - Hutech modified)
Guider: Orion SSAG on 300mm Komura lens
Camera Setting: 1600 ISO; Raw capture mode.
Exposures: 16 @ 5 min.
Processing: Images were focused, captured, converted, reduced, and combined (Median) in ImagesPlus. The composite image was adjusted (Levels, Curves, Cropping) in PhotoshopCS1. Finally, Grain Surgery was used to reduce noise.
Note: Shot from my backyard observatory in SE Minnesota on 3/30/09
   
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