Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471
Messier 101 the Pinwheel Galaxy, Bret Waddington
Messier 101 the Pinwheel Galaxy
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Messier 101 the Pinwheel Galaxy

Messier 101 the Pinwheel Galaxy, Bret Waddington
Messier 101 the Pinwheel Galaxy
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Messier 101 the Pinwheel Galaxy

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The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

Yet another image stack taken while fine tuning the RC6. I think I have it as good as I can get for now, going to continue imaging with it as is and adjust later on if I feel I can improve collimation or focus.

This image was taken for entry in cloudy nights monthly challenge. I had stopped working on it and moved on to another target when SN2023ixf appeared, so I added another night of imaging to capture it.

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Messier 101 the Pinwheel Galaxy, Bret Waddington

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