Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5477
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M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Gary Opitz
M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy
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M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

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M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Gary Opitz
M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy
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M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

Revision title: M101 HaLRGB

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I've shot M 101 several times over the years and I took this image to see how my ZWO ASI 2600 mono performs on this target. This is an LRGB image.

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  • M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Gary Opitz
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Title: M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

Description: I backed off the saturation just a bit.

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Title: M101 HaLRGB

Description: I was able to acquire a set of hydrogen aloha (Ha) data recently which I have added to the original LRGB data set in post processing.

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M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Gary Opitz