Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD122471  ·  HD122865  ·  M 101  ·  NGC 5422  ·  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  ·  NGC 5486  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101, Pinwheel Galaxy, mhtandy
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M101, Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101, Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 in Ursa Major, approximate distance from Earth: 21 million light-years.

I think this is the best I can do with this, with my current setup. Looking forward to a new scope (this year?? hopefully!) - with a longer focal length to bring in more detail for objects like this.

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Description: Reprocessed completely, leaving out the l-extreme filter data. For some reason, I just couldn't get it blended in a way that looked natural or added any value to the image (actually I think it made it worse). Happier with this non-blended version.

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Description: revised this image captured a year ago, using updated processes (BxT, SPCC, GHS).

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M101, Pinwheel Galaxy, mhtandy