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All photos displayed here were taken with a DSLR camera from the deck of my house in Redwood Shores (San Francisco Bay Area), California, a Bortle-scale class 6 zone ("Bright suburban sky")

SECTION I. Photos taken using the SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro Equatorial Mount

Messier 81 - "Bode's Galaxy" (DSLR camera)

NGC253 - The Sculptor / Silver-Coin Galaxy (DSLR camera)

The Sculptor galaxy

M74 - The "Phantom" galaxy (DSLR camera)

M74

M31 -The Andromeda galaxy

The Andromeda galaxy

NGC6946 - The Fireworks galaxy (DSLR camera)

M88 - Spiral galaxy (DSLR camera)

M63 - "The Sunflower Galaxy" (DSLR camera)

M102 - The "Spindle" galaxy (DSLR camera)

M64 - The "Black-Eye" galaxy (DSLR camera)

NGC4565 - The "Needle" Galaxy (DSLR camera)

SECTION II. Photos taken using the Celestron EQ wedge on Celestron Alt-Az mount

Messier 77 - Barred spiral galaxy

NGC 925 - "Amatha Galaxy"

NGC 7331 / Caldwell 30 - Unbarred spiral galaxy

NGC 185 / Caldwell 18 - Dwarf spheroidal galaxy

NGC 891 / Caldwell 23 - "The Silver Sliver Galaxy"

NGC 253 / Caldwell 65 - "The Sculptor / Silver Coin Galaxy"

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