Having a look at the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)

The Pinwheel Galaxy M101 (NGC 5457) is a spiral galaxy in constellation Ursa Major. It is about 21 million ly away from earth. The apparent magnitude of this galaxy is ~7.8 mag. Therefore, this object is well suited for astrophotography with equipment like mine.

There is also a full resolution image of M101 available. UPDATE: I finally decided to put this picture into My Top Astro-Pics gallery.

Date2014/02/23
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectPinwheel Galaxy (M101)
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance12x 800s, bin: 1x1
Red9x 450s, bin: 2x2
Green9x 450s, bin: 2x2
Blue9x 450s, bin: 2x2
Dark10x
Flat10x
Total exposure~6h02min

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 9:58 am

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