The sky was hazy and very unsteady when I set up last night – I thought the CSC may have been wrong again – but by the time I finished aligning things had settled down considerably and the haze was mostly moved to the distant horizon. I only imaged M101 (Spindle Galaxy) and M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) – although actually both widefield images yielded about 6 or so positive’s for other small gallaxies. I then decided to snap of an image of the setting Venus – it was casting a bright beam across the water. The beam was actually about twice as bright earlier but my camera was busy on my main scope and I didn’t want to disturb it.

Spindle (Widefield) – 3 x 4min and 1 x 5min @ ISO1600 on 80mm APO

Spindle (Cropped)

Whirlpool (Widefield) – 3 x 5min @ ISO1600 on 80mm APO

Whirlpool (Cropped)