M 100 Blowdryer Galaxy

Clear night last night so I reshot M 100. Shot it before with my Seestar S50 but got better results from the better scope and camera. Grand design intermediate spiral galaxy about 55 million light years away.

149 stacked 180 second subs

total 7 hours 27 minutes

ZWO ASI585MC-Air Gain 200
Askar V w/ 80mm objective lens + extender 600mm f/7.5
Optolong 2" L-Quad Enhance Filter
ZWO AM5N Mount
ZWO EAF Pro
ZWO CAA

PixInsight processing using HLP, SetiAstro, and RC Astro tools

Normal Integration

M 100 Blowdryer Galaxy

Annotated version with the other galaxies in the image

Seestar S50 version taken last year

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