Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471
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M101, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M101
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M101, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M101
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Description

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

Lum 26x900Secs

Red 45x300Secs

Green 51x300 Secs

Blue 50x300Secs

Ha 16x1800Secs

26 hours 10 mins in total.

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Equipment used:

Telescope: Tec 140 F7

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 0.95

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik L,R,G,B,Ha

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, PhotoShop CC

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M101, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)