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All the following images were taken with a 12" LX200 scope using an f/3.3 reducer lens giving a focal length of about 1000mm. Each was taken from my front yard beneath the street lights in the city of Beaverton, Oregon. M109 was not visible at all visually during the two nights I took these images. The CCD camera sure makes front yard astronomy much more interesting.

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy 05/30/98 2m @ f/3.3	M57: The Ring Nebula 05/30/98 2m @ f/3.3	M104: The Sombrero Galaxy 05/31/98 - 3 exposures added 2m @ f/3.3 each
M13: The Great Cluster in Hercules 05/30/98 - 2 exposures added 2m @ f/3.3 each	M27: The Dumbell Nebula 07/12/97 - 3 exposures added 1m @ f/3.3 each	M109: A barred spiral galaxy 05/30/98 - 3 exposures added 2m @ f/3.3 each
NGC4565: An edge-on spiral galaxy 05/31/98 - 5 exposures added 2m @ f/3.3 each	M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy 08/17/98 2m @ f/3.3