Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5477
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M101 - The Pinwheel galaxy, Oskari Nikkinen
M101 - The Pinwheel galaxy
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M101 - The Pinwheel galaxy

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M101 - The Pinwheel galaxy, Oskari Nikkinen
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M101 - The Pinwheel galaxy

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M101 in decent seeing under dark Bortle 3-4 skies.

Just noticed the average lunar phase reported by Astrobin looks bad at 80%, but the Moon was practically below the horizon for the whole night at my latitude of 60N so conditions were actually closer to no Moon at all.

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M101 - The Pinwheel galaxy, Oskari Nikkinen