M109, spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, off the bright Bowl star of the Big Dipper, Gamma Ursa Majoris, aka Phecda. This is a stack of 4 x 10 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 60Da on the Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor at f/6.
Astronomy author and photographer Alan Dyer presents amazing sky sights
The Amazing Sky 