Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD122471  ·  HD122865  ·  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, Fabian Butkovich
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Fabian Butkovich
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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My first real photo of M101 since I began this hobby, I've tried photographing it before with poor results. The resolution isn't very good as it appears tiny through my small 80mm refractor, I was able to use 2X drizzle in deep sky stacker to increase the usable size slightly. I'm actually surprised how much detail was captured considering this target only has 3hrs of integration time on it and my backyard is a Bortle class 8 light pollution zone. It will be exciting moving forward to see how much more detail I can capture with a higher power telescope in the future.

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Fabian Butkovich