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M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
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M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II

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M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
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M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II

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This is my very first attempt at the Pinwheel galaxy, a beautiful face-on spiral galaxy discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain in 1781.

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  • M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
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Description: Reprocessed the data from scratch with less aggressive settings.

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Title: Reprocessed in PixInsight

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M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large