After 4 overseas trips in 4 months, I finally had some time to really get some time under the stars and get back to the "spring" galaxies that I'd raced to catch last May. This is an unguided shot, 2 hours. The new Gemini mount really hung in there. Looking forward to seeing this with more focal length, more integration time, and guiding.
The galaxies around Ursa Major have been providing me with
lots of opportunities to work on shooting stuff near the limit
of the image scale I can really produce with Veronica and the D70.
It's taught me a lot about integration times and image post-processing.