Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not.
Both are equally terrifying.

— Arthur C. Clarke

M51 on a clear night

By ebfaulkner6a at Wed, 07/16/2008 - 6:27pm

Another night of perfect skies, just before the muggy weather comes in this weekend.  Tuesday evening I took M51 combined one hour exposure.  Orion 80ed on Vixen mount.  There is another galaxy lower left hand corner, 14 mag I.C.4263, highlighted in dim circle.

M51 on a clear night

Miss the clear night

Submitted by kuky
on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 10:44pm

Nice!

I was way too tired but did notice a nice clear night

Glad you took advantage of IT

Tonight seems even better but I'll miss it again.

I hope you can add more time to m51 ;)

Send me the raw fits combined file