Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101, Gerould Kern
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M101

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M101

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I tweaked the color balance a bit on this version.

With very few clear nights this spring, I was eager to take advantage of good skies on May 29 to take this image of M101, the spectacular Pinwheel Galaxy. I'm still learning my way around my Celestron RASA 8.

This photo is a combination of 95 lights for a total exposure of 3 hrs 15 minutes.

M101 is such an amazing object, a sweeping spiral nearly twice the size of the Milky Way. I will come back to it with telescope of longer focal length.

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M101, Gerould Kern