M 108 in Ursa Major 25th April 2020 @ 21:46 UT
An edge-on, dusty spiral in Ursa Major. Conditions were not the best (cloud, high humidity) but a great sight.
Image: 15 seconds x 104 frames (1560 seconds total), gain 4000, bin 1x1, Raw 14, black level 99, camera temperature 11.8 deg C, 1 dark. Stacked in SharpCap Pro 3.2.6248.0. The image was stacked and adjusted in SharpCap. The image was scaled down and cropped in GIMP.
Equipment: Celestron CPC-800 at F5.9, Alt-Az mount, Altair Astro Hypercam 294C Pro Cooled (fan), Celestron Focuser, CPWI controlled remotely via Microsoft RDP and ASCOM.
Processed in GIMP to bring out this cloudy and dusty spiral galaxy.
Astrometry: M 108, 32 million light years distance.
Added to Charles Messier's catalogue in the 1950s.