Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5477
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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Randy Reece
M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Randy Reece
M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy) 50% Crop

Captured over 2 nights, March 15 & March 17, 2020 in Canfield, Ontario Canada

Borttle 3.5 skies

Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro GEM

Telescope:, Explore Scientific ED 102-FCD-100 Refractor, f=f/7, Focal length 714mm

Guide Scope: Starwave 50mm

Cameras: Canon T3i DSLR camera (imaging), GPCAM2 (guide cam),

Starfield Field Flattener

86 - 300 second light exposures totalling 7 hours, 10 minutes total exposure time

ISO 800

30 dark frames

20 flat frames

30 bias frames

BackyardEOS, PHD2, Stellarium, DeepSkyStacker, StarTools, GIMP, SkyShed ROR Observatory

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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Randy Reece