M94 (5-28-09)

Last night the skies were a bit soupy. I was only able to collect for this image of M94 about 25 minutes of data worth keeping before clouds convinced me to switch targets to something brighter. Some of the sub-frames are pretty hazy, taken through light clouds. It could be worse, though.

M94 is about 16 million light years away, halfway to M63, though from our line of sight they are practically next to each other in the sky near the handle of the Big Dipper. This image is 49x30" through the R135S with the Atik 16, unguided on the EM-10.