Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5477
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The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Malcolm Loro
The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)
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The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)

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The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Malcolm Loro
The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)
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The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)

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We were graced with 5 consecutive clear nights, so I decided to gather as much data as I could - almost 27 hours in total -  for this beautiful galaxy. To process this I created the RGB image,  blended-in Ha using Bill Blanshan's Pixinsight script, and then combined the luminance. Deconvolution with BlurXTerminator was applied only to the luminance data. The Pinwheel Galaxy is roughly twice the size of the milky Way and contains a lot of bright hydrogen regions that really pop, making it a new favourite target.

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The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), Malcolm Loro