RedCat Plays with the Pinwheel (M101) (Daniel Erickson)

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 · NGC 5486 · Pinwheel galaxy

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RedCat Plays with the Pinwheel (M101)

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RedCat Plays with the Pinwheel (M101)

After struggling to capture the dim objects of the Leo Quadruplet (not Triplet, OK?), the RedCat began chasing a slightly bigger and brighter object, Messier 101. For much of the imaging time this target lay above the bright Seattle light dome. All I can say is that if you believe you can't shoot galaxies in areas of LP, you would be wrong. Although this is not the best image out there, I was pleasantly surprised by the detail and color of M101 and also the number of allied galaxies neighboring M101. Those allied galaxies, unfortunately come out as unattractive blobs (look at the bizarre NGC 5474 as an example), but I just fancy myself an explorer looking to see what's there, and not an expert imager. In that way, I won't be disappointed.

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RA (center)	14h03m29s.20
RA (top/left)	14h07m37s.73
RA (top/right)	13h58m57s.34
RA (bottom/right)	13h59m32s.80
RA (bottom/left)	14h07m49s.00

Dec (center)	+54°21′41″.5
Dec (top/left)	+55°19′20″.9
Dec (top/right)	+55°17′08″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	+53°23′31″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+53°25′37″.9

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