M83 – the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

Image copyright: Richard Ford

This image of M83 was submitted by Richard Ford.  He captured it using an off-the-shelf Canon EOS 1100d DSLR camera, mounted at prime focus on a 12″ dobsonian telescope.  Richard’s work does an excellent job of demonstrating how these spectacular objects typically look when viewed directly through the eyepiece, without the benefit of long integrated exposures or complex post-processing and retouching procedures.

22 Second Exposure
ISO 3200
Stacked in Deep-Sky Stacker
Processed in Photo Plus X4
12-inch Dobsonian Reflector Telescope
Dobtorial Tracking Platform
Canon 1100DSLR Camera