Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Rick Daniell
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Rick Daniell
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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Description

GEAR

Telescope: Orion RC 8

Imaging Camera: QHY8L at -20c

EQ Mount: Orion Atlas Pro

Guiding: Altair 240mm Guidescope & ZWO 290 & PHD2

Prime Focus : 1360mm

Filter: .85 focal reducer



IMAGE SPECS

Lights: 10x300s

Darks: 50 x 300s

Flats: 50 x.00587s

Total Integration 50 min

Pixel Scale: 1.26 arc sec /px

Dates: 02/22/2020

SOFTWARE AND PROCESSING

APT: Control of imaging camera

Pixinsight: Pre and Post processing

Photoshop: Final tweaks and logo

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Rick Daniell