Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471
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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from Bortle 4 Sky, BryanHudson
Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from Bortle 4 Sky
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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from Bortle 4 Sky

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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from Bortle 4 Sky, BryanHudson
Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from Bortle 4 Sky
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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from Bortle 4 Sky

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Captured Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from my darker sky site. Also captured M51 during the same session. Can't beat a darker sky! This is Bortle 4. My home is Bortle 7-8.
~ Celestron C8 XLT with .63 reducer
~ ASI533MC Pro with Optolong L-Pro filter
~ ZWO AM3 mount
~ 20, 180 second lights with flats and bias frames, guided and dithered
~  Captured and stacked using ASIAir Plus
~ Processed using PIxinsight (DBE, BXT, NXT, SXT, Pixel Math), Edited starless image in Lightroom and Photoshop

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Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from Bortle 4 Sky, BryanHudson