M51 Whirlpool Galaxy | Always love to mix hobbies and in this case, photography and astronomy. This is the Whirlpool Galaxy. Two galaxies that have collided and passed through each other several times over the last couple billion years. Artistry in (slow) motion! My 11” diameter telescope is effectively a 2000mm f/7 lens attached to my Canon 6D. 43 frames of 30 seconds each, “stacked” with software as the equivalent of a single 22 minute long exposure. The 22 minutes of photons left that galaxy 22 million years ago to land on my sensor. Guess I was pretty lucky.

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy | Always love to mix hobbies and in this case, photography and astronomy. This is the Whirlpool Galaxy. Two galaxies that have collided and passed through each other several times over the last couple billion years. Artistry in (slow) motion! My 11” diameter telescope is effectively a 2000mm f/7 lens attached to my Canon 6D. 43 frames of 30 seconds each, “stacked” with software as the equivalent of a single 22 minute long exposure. The 22 minutes of photons left that galaxy 22 million years ago to land on my sensor. Guess I was pretty lucky.