M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

Back in May I have published a photo of M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy (see here flic.kr/p/2nknGGe), but lately the new developments on processing, as well as the lack of new data, made me decide to reprocess the same data. I am really happy as it turned out much better than before, IMHO. I hope you enjoy.

 

Photo taken during March and April 2022, with the following distribution:

LUM: 129 x 180s (6h45), Bortle 4, March 26th

RGB: 160 x 180s (8h00), Bortle 8, April 1st

Ha: 82 x 300 (6h50), Bortle 8, April 28th

 

TS Optics Triplet APO 800/115 |

QHYCCD 268M | Skywatcher AZ EQ5-GT | Optolong RGB | Reducer: TSOptics TSFLAT 3’ 0.79x

Acquisition: N.I.N.A.

Processing: Pixinsight

Done