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  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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Pinwheel Galaxy M101 (crop), pete_xl
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Pinwheel Galaxy M101 (crop)

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Pinwheel Galaxy M101 (crop), pete_xl
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Pinwheel Galaxy M101 (crop)

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M101 is about 25 million lightyears away from us. Its spiral arms show several "knots" that are regions of star forming.

101 x 180s @ ISO 800

Pentax K3ii and TS 130/910 APO

This is the version stacked with AstroPixelProcessor.

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Pinwheel Galaxy M101 (crop), pete_xl

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