Date: 5/18/2009
Telescope: Orion 8" f/4.9
Camera: Canon 40D (modified)
Exposures: 9x600 seconds @ ISO1600
Location: Mocksville, NC
Temp: 55F
Seeing: 3/5
Transparency: 5/5
Captured in Canon Raw, stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed in Photoshop.

Messier 109 (also known as NGC 3992) is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 46 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M109 can be seen southeast of the star Phecda (γ UMa).