M51 (NGC5194), The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici

One of the first images I took with a CCD camera, rudimentary tracking hence short exposures.
Taken from my light polluted garden in Portsmouth.

10" f4.5 Newtonian reflector, Meade DSI2 camera
70 x 15sec,, 2x barlow
2010-05-22 @ 23:35 UT