Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  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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The one hundred galaxies image, Aleix Roig
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The one hundred galaxies image

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The one hundred galaxies image

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Description

This wide field image of the Ursa Majoris region shows more than one hundred galaxies. The most distant are 3500 million light years away and occupy only a few pixels. The most prominent, The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), it's a Milky Way like galaxy "only" 21 million light years from us.

Image taken with a 8,5cm aperture telescope from Prades, Spain.

INFORMATION and technical data:

M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy, imaged from PRADES during 7 nights from 22nd of May until 2nd of June.

Halpha has been used to enhance the HII regions.

L: 300x180" bin1

RGB: 30x90" each bin2

Halpha: 35x600" bin1

23h total exposure for this wide field image.

Equipment:

FSQ85

ASI1600MM-Cooled

Mesu200

LRGB Ha Baader filters

ZWO EFW and OAG, with ASI174 MC

Software used:

Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, DSS, PixInsight.

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The one hundred galaxies image, Aleix Roig

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