Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5422  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5477  ·  NGC 5484  ·  NGC 5485  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, Tim Gehring
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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, Tim Gehring
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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy

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Thought I'd share my new image of M101 from new data collected over three evenings collected from my home location and family cottage which located in a dark sky location (Bortel 2) in northeast Michigan. This is my first image processed entirely in PixInsight with some minor adjustments in Lightroom. While there is a lot to learn using PI, I find that it works well for me and there is a plethora of educational (free/paid) videos and printed material available.

Comparing this image to my older image of M101 it is obvious that more integration time makes a big difference!

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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, Tim Gehring

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