The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.

— Peter De Vries

M51

By ebfaulkner6a at Sat, 05/22/2010 - 3:51pm

Taken Tuesday evening from Whiting, NJ, thru my trusted Orion 80ED on a Celestron CGEM mount.  Set up to do a one hour exposure, due to high "not so thin" clouds I was forced to close after 28 minutes, which is what this exposure totals.  

M51

Tracking looks real good.

Submitted by marzulloj
on Sun, 05/23/2010 - 10:23pm

Tracking looks real good. Nice round stars.
Now you need to find a clear night and go for 2 hours exposure.