The Pinwheel Galaxy- M101

Two nights and 13 1/2 hours of exposure...For a Messier object it took a bit of time to do it justice. Not sure I succeeded here, but I gave it my best shot (puns intended).

 

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8

Imaging Cameras

ZWO ASI1600 cooled mono

Mounts

Losmandy GM-8

Filters

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter · Blue · Green · Red

Accessories

Baader MPCC coma corrector · OnStep GoTo Controller · Rigel Systems Focuser

Software

Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy · Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

Svbony 60mm guidescope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

 

Acquisition details

 

Dates:

Feb. 24, 2022 · Feb. 25, 2022

Frames:

Blue: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2

Green: 30x120" (1h)

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 130x120" (4h 20') bin 2x2

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 182x120" (6h 4') -10C

Red: 30x120" (1h) 0C bin 2x2

Integration:

13h 24'

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

23.29 days

Avg. Moon phase:

38.01%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:

4.00

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 5540318

 

RA center: 14h03m10s.6

 

DEC center: +54°21′39″

 

Pixel scale: 0.640 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 178.983 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.517 degrees

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Resolution: 4628x3515

 

Data source: Backyard

Done