This image was collected over two nights with brief periods of clear sky. It is 18 x 10 minutes luminance plus and 8 x 10 minutes each RGB. The rarely-photographed faint outer shell of M97 (The Owl Nwbula) is just barely visible, as are numerous small galaxies, which are sprinkled around the frame. The image taken using a Astro-Physics AP130 EDF F/6 refractor riding on a Losmandy G-11 mount. The camera was a Starlight Xpress SXVF-H16 with an FLI CFW-2-7 filter wheel and Optec filters. Guiding was done via a Borg 60 refractor with a Starfish autoguider. Collected and calibrated with MaxIm DL5 and additional processing using CCDStack, Photoshop CS3, and PixInsight.
Cheers,
Tyler
