Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD122471  ·  HD122865  ·  HD123518  ·  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  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101 - Bortel 8, Maged
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M101 - Bortel 8

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M101 - Bortel 8, Maged
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M101 - Bortel 8

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My first capture of the beautiful spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major the Pinwheel Galaxy.
Imaging M101 from Bortle 8 is challenging as the galaxy is so faint and needs more integration time to start showing its features, let alone colors. Adding to that the Moon of nearly 50% contributed to very noticeable gradients that needed to be dealt with in postprocessing.

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M101 - Bortel 8, Maged