Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471
NGC 5457 (Messier 101), Randy Roy
NGC 5457 (Messier 101)
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NGC 5457 (Messier 101)

NGC 5457 (Messier 101), Randy Roy
NGC 5457 (Messier 101)
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NGC 5457 (Messier 101)

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NGC 5457 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. I imaged this over two full moon evenings mostly out of curiosity for how the light pollution would limit my success with my OSC. The gradients were indeed pretty bad, but I was able to salvage a decent though unremarkable image.

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NGC 5457 (Messier 101), Randy Roy