M51- Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Photo:                  M51- Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici Camera:              Pentax Spotmatic Film:                    Kodak Supra 400 Exposure(s):       3 x 20 minutes Guiding:              ST-4 Scope:                 Orion Astroview 120 @ F/5 w/ Lumicon Deepsky filter Mount:                12" LX200 Date:                   March 31, 2003 Site:                     My Driveway, El Cajon, Ca Seeing:                8 Transparency:    7 Notes:                 The 3 photos were registered and combined in Registar, with processing done in Photoshop. Color correction and detail are bad. Not sure if this is due to refractor/filter combo or if 60 minutes is just not long enough. I hope to shoot this at a dark sky site soon.