M74 The Phantom NGC 628
Spiral Galaxy Pisces
Magnitude 9.4 Diameter 10min


10/22/2003



Charlotte Prime focus f/4
800mm 16x Motor drive and manual guiding
Canon Digital Rebel 200 ISO 6 minutes 1 second
Stack of 4 pictures (102s + 94s + 80s + 85s) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to get rid of the light pollution and the slight shift to red.





11/22/2003



Doughton Park Prime focus f/4
800mm 16x Motor drive and manual guiding
Canon Digital Rebel 400 ISO 10 minutes 2 seconds
Stack of 4 pictures (154s + 160s + 140s + 148s) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to get rid of the background light.





10/13/2006



Doughton Park Prime focus f/3.3
530mm 11x Motor drive and manual guiding
Canon 20Da 1600 ISO 30 minutes
10 pictures calibrated, aligned and stacked with ImagePlus, enhanced with Photoshop.





10/12/2007



Doughton Park Prime focus f/6.3
1480mm 30x Motor drive and automatic guiding
Canon 20Da 1600 ISO 30 x 2 minutes
30 pictures calibrated, aligned and stacked with ImagePlus, enhanced with Photoshop.




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