Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD122865  ·  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5477  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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Pinwheel Galaxy / M101, Kanwar Brar
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Pinwheel Galaxy / M101

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Pinwheel Galaxy / M101

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The Pinwheel Galaxy(M101) is a spiral galaxy that measures 170,000 lightyears across and is located 21 million lightyears away from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation.
The galaxy is about twice the diameter of our own galaxy the Milky Way and is thought to contain about 1 trillion stars. The galaxy is quite large, but has a low surface brightness and requires exceptionally clear, moonless skies to be seen. 

Data was captured on Feb 10/11/12.

Darks:20
Flats:20
Dark Flats:20
Astrodon L 36mm: 20*360
Astrodon R 36mm: 22*360
Astrodon G 36mm: 24*360
Astrodon B 36mm: 22*360

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Pinwheel Galaxy / M101, Kanwar Brar