Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 94  ·  NGC 4736
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M94, Benjamin Law
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M94

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M94

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This is not an easy target for me in Bortle 7 sky. M94 aka Cat's eye galaxy. It is a double ring galaxy where the outer ring is extremely faint. This is a total of 14 hours of exposure using two different scopes. 11 hours from April 2020, using 8" f/4 astrograph, 3 hours from April 2019, using EDGE 8 for the core details and colors. I am happy to see the outer ring of the galaxy is more solid this time.

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M94, Benjamin Law