Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5485
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, StarSeeker
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, StarSeeker
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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Continuing to try to refine my skills and push the limits of the Skywatcher 72ED + StarAdventurer. Attempted a better polar alignment routine and longer subs for this image. At the moment I cannot achieve more than 30 sec subs without trailing but the worst effects of trailing/error were cancelled out through processing. Moon was over 80% during this shoot so I had to work hard to pull out the contrast when processing. The result is a fairly heavily processed look. Very happy to have captured this target which is more challenging than what I've captured previously.

Looking at next steps in equipment, especially options for guiding, to be able to increase sub-length in future.

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, StarSeeker