Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461
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Pinwheel Galaxy  --  M101 --  LRGB, Michael Sherick
Pinwheel Galaxy  --  M101 --  LRGB
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Pinwheel Galaxy -- M101 -- LRGB

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Pinwheel Galaxy  --  M101 --  LRGB, Michael Sherick
Pinwheel Galaxy  --  M101 --  LRGB
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Pinwheel Galaxy -- M101 -- LRGB

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The weather has been somewhat marginal here in Las Cruces, with Seeing Conditions fluctuating between 2 - 5 arc secs.  As I processed this image of M101, "The Pinwheel Galaxy", I was wishing that I had better seeing conditions in order to reveal more detail in the central region of this rather large bright galaxy.  Anyway...  Image data was acquired over two nights:  60 x 300 seconds Luminance; 16 x 600 seconds each RGB binned 2x2.

Imaged 4-27-22 from the Sagrada Observatory, Las Cruces, NM.  Telescope:  24" RC  Camera:  FLI-PL-09000  Gen II Filters.

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Pinwheel Galaxy  --  M101 --  LRGB, Michael Sherick