Designation:
M74
Date:
November 22nd, 2017
Camera:
Canon EOS 7D Mark II ( unmodified )
Optics:
Orion ED80mm Carbon Fibre Triplet
Focal Length:
384 mm
Exposure:
30 x 300 sec.
ISO:
1000
Mount:
Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding:
Orion Star Shoot Auto Guider
Software:
Adobe Photoshop, DSS, Astroflat
Notes:
Messier 74 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces, at a distance of about 32 million light-years away from Earth.
It is estimated that M74 is home to about 100 billion stars.