Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5477
M101 in HaLRGB, Steve Eltz
M101 in HaLRGB
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M101 in HaLRGB

M101 in HaLRGB, Steve Eltz
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M101 in HaLRGB

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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) in HaLRGB. This was taken over many nights in the April and May. Finally got around to processing the data. This consists of data from both my 8in and 10in Newtonians.  Really tried to pull all the faint dust lout.   

Lum: 12hrs
Ha: 5.5Hrs
Red: 5Hrs
Green: 5hrs
Blue: 5hrs

Total: 32.5 Hrs

Imaging telescope: 
TPO 8in f4 Newtonian 
GSO 10 f4 Newtonian 

Imaging camera: Altair Hypercam 26m 

Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro 

Guiding telescope: zwoasi 30mm f/4 Mini Guide Scope

Guiding camera:  zwoasi 120MM Mini

Filters: 
ZWO  2" IR-Cut 
Antlia 3nm HA 
TS-Optics RGB 2in filters

Processing Software: DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight

Acquisition Software: NINA, Stellarium, PHD2

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