Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Gabriel Cardona
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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)

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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)

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Description

The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M101, is a face-on spiral galaxy about 21 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation Ursa Major. It is about the same size as our Milky Way, about 170,000 light-years across.

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  • Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Gabriel Cardona
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  • Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Gabriel Cardona
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  • Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Gabriel Cardona
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  • Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Gabriel Cardona
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  • Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Gabriel Cardona
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    Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Gabriel Cardona
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B

Description: Performed deconvolution to sharpen details.

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C

Description: Reprocessed using PI's LargeScaleStructureEnhance script and MLT for sharpening vs. deconvolution.

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D

Description: No noise reduction, no sharpening, just color calibration, histogram stretch and curves adjustment. A little soft, but no artifacts gives a more natural look.

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E

Description: Reprocessed from scratch. Better calibration, deconvolution, noise reduction.

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F

Description: Reprocessed from scratch to fix star color, lighten background, and make image smoother.

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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Gabriel Cardona