M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy (Brian Puhl)

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 · NGC 5473 · NGC 5477 · Pinwheel galaxy

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First light for my new OGMA AP26CC camera. It's an IMX571 color camera, same as those found in the QHY268 and ZWO 2600. This is also my first time processing OSC (One Shot Color) data, and I'm not afraid to admit, I struggled pretty hard with this! I definitely have a new respect for those folks that can produce quality images with OSC. In time I will figure it out though! I'm also cutting this project a bit shorter than I normally would because I have been unable to guide within my image scale due to really poor seeing these last few nights. Additionally I FINALLY discovered why my stars are giving me issues. It's all been pinched optics at my Paracorr CC! So many little issues with this image, but I'll take it as a grand learning experience! Next project will be back on the Nexus coma corrector which will reduce my focal length from 920mm down to 600mm. Being oversampled like this image is-makes things a little more difficult as well. I am probably going to add in some Ha data taken from my Meade Quad later on. For now, we're just showcasing the OSC data.

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RA (center)	14h03m12s.30
RA (top/left)	14h06m03s.74
RA (top/right)	14h06m12s.16
RA (bottom/right)	14h00m14s.40
RA (bottom/left)	14h00m17s.25

Dec (center)	+54°21′40″.6
Dec (top/left)	+53°41′24″.9
Dec (top/right)	+55°01′17″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+55°01′34″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+53°41′43″.4

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