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An epochal photograph: The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) in Canes Venatici, as photographed by Jason Ware
through the Meade 16" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain with altazimuth field tripod. This photograph is believed to
be the first long exposure amateur astrophotograph ever taken with an altazimuth - mounted telescope. Mr.
Ware composited two one - hour photos to obtain the result here. During this time the telescope's altazimuth
field rotated 21", a rotation fully and precisely compensated for by the Meade #1222 Field De-rotate. The two
one-hour color negatives, both taken at the telescope's main f/10 focus on gas - hypered Fuji Super G800
film, were sandwiched to produce the high contrast and color saturation of the final result.
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