Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Messier 94

Messier 94

A beautiful grand design spiral galaxy located in Ursa Major. I am most intrigued by how the outer edge of the galaxy appears to be much darker. This was not a product of editing and was appearing in the single frames. It must be a thin veil of dust that lies to the outer reaches of M94 that are being drawn in to the center and forming the next generation of arms bands. 29 x 240 Seconds = 1hr 56mn ISO 1600, Usual setup. Stacked with 10 dark, 10 Flat, 10 Bias Dark. -mb