Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5368  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5477  ·  NGC 5484  ·  NGC 5485  ·  PGC 140265  ·  PGC 214207  ·  PGC 214224  ·  PGC 2442730  ·  PGC 2445165  ·  PGC 2446697  ·  PGC 2447141  ·  PGC 2448110  ·  PGC 2449271  ·  PGC 2449818  ·  PGC 2451045  ·  PGC 2451068  ·  PGC 2452243  ·  And 108 more.
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M101

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M101

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Description

M101 Galaxy and surrounding area
Imaged from Machesney Park AP observatory
Telescope:  AP130GTX with Field Flattener
Mount: Mach2 Encoder mount
Camera: ZWO 6200MM Pro

Exposure: 5 x 300 sec Lum
Seeing: poor 2.5-3.5 arc sec
Transparency:  poor with high hazy clouds and Full Moon

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M101, Roland Christen