M 95 in Leo 22nd March 2020 @ 22:45UT
A face on spiral galaxy in Leo. The bar is obvious but the arms are faint.
Image: 15 seconds x 71 frames (1065 seconds total), gain 6584, bin 2x2, Raw 14, black level 99, camera temperature 10 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.
Astrometry: M 95 is 32 million light years distant.
Charles Messier added M 95 in 1781.