| Galaxy Field with M100 and NGC 4312
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| Location and Date | Taken at Fremont Peak, California 12/1/2008 |
| Telescope | Orion Premium 190mm F/5.3 Maksutov-Newtonian OTA |
| Mount | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
| Camera | Orion StarShoot Pro |
| Exposure | 18 x 480 second exposures |
| Guiding | Orion StarShoot AutoGuider and 100mm f/6 refractor |
| Processing / Software | MaxIm DL 5 and Adobe Photoshop 7.1 |
| Notes | There's a group of small points above M100, and they may also be galaxies since they look too diffuse to be stars. I also like the outer "fan blades" that extend past the resolved portion of M100's sprial arms. |