Updated: 12/30/2021
Date Taken: 4/11/2015, 4/21/2015
Scope: Planewave CDK 12.5 f/8, 2541mm
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 with Astrodon Tru-Balance E-Series Gen2 filters
Temp: -15C
Mount: Losmandy Titan
Guiding: SSAG, Celestron 80mm guide scope, 600mm.
Exposure: LRGB 150:75:80:75 (L) (N)x5m, binned 1x1. RGB each (N)x5m, binned 2x2
Calibrated and Stacked with CCDStack2; RGB combine and DDP with MaximDL. Processed with CS4.

Update 1/30/16:
I did some additional processing, to flatten the background, particularly in the blue channel. This allowed me to stretch the background a bit more. I also made some color adjustments as well. I finally think I have a decent image of this iconic galaxy.

Update 12/30/2021:
Reprocessed. Better Sharpening, flatten background.