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M101, Adrian Webster
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M101

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M101

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This picture of M101 was taken over a single night in a Bortle 5/6 area. From the 120 shots taken, 79 were useable. Guiding errors doubling up the stars, and satellite trails killed the rest.
This was one of the remaining targets available to me  in my limited patch of sky from my back garden, that can be seen at a decent-ish size from the Redcat 51.
But it's a learning process, so I see it as a win.

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M101, Adrian Webster