| Date: | 9 March 2008 |
| Location: | My back garden in suburban London. |
| Exposure: | 5 hours in total - a mixture of 5min and 10min exposures at ISO800 over 3 evenings |
| Telescope: | Celestron C11 with F6.3 reducer on Skywatcher EQ6 mount. |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 350D |
| Guiding: | Nikkor 300mm lens with Philips SPC900 webcam. |
| Filters: | Astronomik CLS filter |
| Processing: | Stacking, arcsinh range compression, in IRIS. |
| Comments: | The Whirlpool Galaxy from light polluted skies. |