M99 - "Pinwheel Galaxy" in Coma Berenices
| Telescope: | C11 @f/5 |
| Mount: | Losmandy G-11 Gemini |
| Camera: | SBIG ST-9XEI w/CFW-8 (Goldman true-balance filters) |
| Exposures: | L: 30 min. R: 10 min. G: 10 min. B: 10 min. |
| Note: | Images were focused, acquired, reduced, and combined using CCDSoft. The Luminance and RGB images were aligned with RegiStar and adjusted (Levels, Curves, Unsharp Mask) in Photoshop CS. Shot from my backyard observatory in southeast Minnesota. Outside temp: 36 F. |
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