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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Messier 101, Bob Birket
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Messier 101

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Messier 101

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With the persistent clouds and storms of the summer monsoon, I've been busy reworking prior dats sets to further my Pixinsight education.
Here is an older image of Messier 101 taken in 2015. This face on spiral galaxy is an excellent example for the application of HDRMT, and other various great tools within the program.
I credit Adam Block and his wonderful video tutorials at Adam Block Studios for continuous education in image processing.
Located 25 million light-years away and 170,000 light years across, this galaxy is almost twice the size of our Milky Way galaxy.
Luminance 520 minutes
Red 100 minutes
Green 100 minutes
Blue 100 minutes

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Messier 101, Bob Birket