M74 - Face-On Galaxy in Pisces
   
Telescope: Takahashi FS-128 @f/6.5 (using William Optics .85x flattener/reducer)
Camera: SBIG ST-402XE w/internal filter wheel
Mount: Losmandy G-11 w/Gemini
Guiding: 200mm Takumar lens attached to SBIG STV.
Exposures:

L: 15 @ 4 min. ; RGB: 10 @ 3 min. each

Processing:

Images were acquired, reduced, and combined with CCDSoft v.5
The Luminance and RGB images were combined and adjusted (Levels, Curves) in Photoshop CS2.

Location:

My backyard observatory in southeastern Minnesota. 50 deg. F. High humidity.
   
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