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
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Edward Overstreet
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Messier 101 is a very large, relatively nearby, face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. This galaxy is ~27,000,000 ly away! Besides 50 subs of Lum, Red, Green, and Blue......I also added 20 subs of Ha. Total imaging time slightly over 11 hours over 3 nights.

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Edward Overstreet