Both taken on the same night.(01/03/2004)
300mm f4 Starlight MX916.
Moon 100 x 1/100sec images averaged using registax
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul_whitmarsh/Astronomy/Images/MX916/March_01_2004/Moon.png)
M51 300mm + 2X converter f8 MX916, 8x240sec 32 minuite integrated exposure
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul_whitmarsh/Astronomy/Images/MX916/March_01_2004/M51.png)
[ This Message was edited by: Whitters on 2004-03-04 23:04 ]
Excellent M51, looks a bit different then when we have a look at it with the old eyeball.