🌀The Whirlpool Galaxy from my Backyard Observatory #astrophotography

Tech. details:
QHY miniCam8M
Askar 185APO
A-P Mach2GTO
R: 31*120”, G:28*120”, B:28*120”
Total: 2 hr. 54 min.
Bortle 3, New moon

It's Galaxy Season, and I'm testing gear I brought back from NEAF. The rig I used to take this photo of the Leo Triplet is:
-Airy Disk APO 96mm Triplet bit.ly/4jm7UQM
-Sky-watcher EQ-AL55i bit.ly/42Dkd3W
-QHY miniCAM8 bit.ly/4jgjg8O
#astrophotography

Wolf's Cave in Cepheus

In my new video (youtu.be/hLGjXJ3FxO0), I show dual narrowband processing with three popular workflows: Siril & GIMP, DSS & Photoshop, and PixInsight & Narrowband Normalization. Which is your favorite? #Astrophotography

First post here. This is my latest astrophoto. A familiar target to astrophotographers - the Cygnus Wall portion of NGC7000. It's one of those objects that is nice to return to every year or two. Details on astrobin: www.astrobin.com/b6x61h/ #astrophotography