Galaxy M94 in Canes Venatici

A bright compact and circular spiral galaxy. This galaxy is likely around 20 million light years away and has a daimeter of 33,000 light years. The galaxy has a smallish bright core and tightly wound (but dimmer) spiral arms.

Images taken with TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount. Camera used was a Canon EOS20D used at prime focus.

Fifteen 3 minute exposures dark, flat, and bias compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.75 beta 2c.