• Description: - Messier 102, aka NGC 5866 and “The Spindle Galaxy”. A Spiral Galaxy in Draco, not far from the handle of the Big Dipper

• Camera: ASI533MM with Chroma LRGB filters

• Telescope: Astro-Physics AP130EDT at 1085mm focal length

• Exposure: 3hrs total of 8 x 10m L, G & B and 12 x 10min R

• Location: SASP Cypress Hills Park near Elkwater AB, a dark site

• Imaged: 2024-09-03

• Processed in PixInsight with RCAstro Tools

• Description: - This is the same object as above but imaged in Luminance only from bright City of Calgary AB Canada, as an experiment to see if it could be done from home.

• Camera: ASI533MM with Chroma Luminance

• Telescope: Astro-Physics AP130EDT at 1085mm focal length

• Exposure: 2 hours and 6 minutes total of 42 x 3 minutes Luminance only

• Location: Home in Calgary, Alberta under Bortle 8 skies

• Date: 2025-04-24 and 2025-04-25

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