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 5477  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, Yizhou Zhang
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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, Yizhou Zhang
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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, is a large face-on spiral galaxy locates in the Constellation of Ursa Major, frequently-visited target this time of the year. Practicing on the data collected by my teammate Benchu last year.

Towards the lower left of the image you might noticed a small dot next to a bright orange star (TYC-3852-618-1). Was excited about something potentially interesting; turns out it's just a dim star...

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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, Yizhou Zhang

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