Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5477
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC5474, Shawn Fields
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC5474
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC5474

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC5474, Shawn Fields
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC5474
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC5474

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I think this got processed out a little better that I thought it would. RGB captured with the D800. Lum captured bin 1 and bin 2 on the asi294mm.

RGB 100x120s

L bin 2 150 x120s

L bin 1 50 x 180s

I cropped in NGC5474 because I believe it adds a little neighborhood context. There's billions of stars in that little dwarf galaxy. The pull from the Pinwheel distorts it quite a bit. The Hubble image is really remarkable and detailed.

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC5474, Shawn Fields