Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5422  ·  NGC 5443  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5475  ·  NGC 5477  ·  NGC 5484  ·  NGC 5485  ·  NGC 5486  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M 101 and surrounding galaxies / HyperStar, Elmiko
Powered byPixInsight

M 101 and surrounding galaxies / HyperStar

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M 101 and surrounding galaxies / HyperStar, Elmiko
Powered byPixInsight

M 101 and surrounding galaxies / HyperStar

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

M 101 is a beautiful spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. It lies 27 million light years away. And is 170,000 light years in diameter. It is nearly twice the size of the Milky Way! I didn't crop very much to reveal all of the surrounding galaxies. Seeing 8/10.

Mike

Comments

Revisions

  • M 101 and surrounding galaxies / HyperStar, Elmiko
    Original
  • Final
    M 101 and surrounding galaxies / HyperStar, Elmiko
    B

B

Description: Reprocessed to reduce the noise, reduce the stars slightly.
Mike

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M 101 and surrounding galaxies / HyperStar, Elmiko