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

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M101

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Description

Taken 20100306.

Messier 101, a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major.

Use the original image size to scroll around to find small background galaxies as well as globular clusters within M101.

Telescope: PlaneWave CDK 12.5

Camera: Apogee U16M

Mount: Celestron CGE Pro

Guide method: Astrodon Monster MOAG

Guide camera: Lumenera Skynyx 2.0m

Guide software: MetaGuide

Image scale 0.73"/pixel.

Subframes:

26x600s L

9x300s R,G,B

9x600s HA

Acquisition software: MaximDL

Processing software: custom, MaximDL, ImagesPlus, PhotoShop CS4

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    Original
  • Final
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    B

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M101, apaquette