| M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy | Taken at Lake San Antonio in California 2/9-2/10/2008 |
| Telescope & Mount | ITE/Intes-Micro MK10, 10" f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO. |
| Exposure & Guiding | ST-10ME CCD with Custom Scientific LRGB filters: L=5x2400, R=3x720, G=3x660, B=3x800. |
| Also used MaxIm DL/CCD + DSLR 4.5 from http://www.cyanogen.com | |
| Special thanks to Ken Sablinsky for use of the ST-10ME camera. |