Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5422  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5485
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M101, ScottyP5947
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M101

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M101

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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy It's 10x420 seconds @ ISO 800. 14x300 seconds @ ISO 800. Matching darks, added ~20 bias frames. No flats. Taken with my ED80, .8x focal reducer, orion SSAG, AVX mount. Able to image so long thanks to my Thousand Oaks dew control system smile emoticon Processed in PS CS2 and stacked in DSS. T3 modifed camera. I think I still need to work on my processing technique.

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M101, ScottyP5947