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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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, Edward Overstreet
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I was going through some images taken this past year and stumbled on several sets of data sets that I failed to process.   This was one.   This target is a favorite for most astroimagers......it is certainly one of my favorite galaxies.   It is about 27,000,000 LY distant and 170,000 LY at it's widest diameter.

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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, Edward Overstreet