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M51, by Michael Squicciarini Takahashi TOA-150 and SBIG STL-11000 camera. 1.5 hrs luminance and 30 min 2x2 RGB for both.
Galaxies

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M64, Blackeye Galaxy, by Loyd Overcash
Taken 6-13-07 from Ft. Davis with a 16" RCOS and the ST-10XME. Exposure was L=50min. and RGB=20min. each combined in Maxim and processed in Photoshop. I brought the background up so you could see all the tiny galaxies around M-64.

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Four different star- hopping routes to find Messier's Virgo Cluster galaxies. Source: SEDS